Stormsia minima

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Leloupiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Paludomidae
Genus: Leloupiella
Neiber & Glaubrecht, 2019
Species:
L. minima
Binomial name
Leloupiella minima
(E. A. Smith, 1908)
Synonyms[2][3]

Genus:

  • Stormsia Leloup, 1953[4]

Species:

  • Baizea (Giraudia) minima (E. A. Smith, 1908)
  • Giraudia minima E. A. Smith, 1908
  • Stormsia minima (E. A. Smith, 1908)

Leloupiella minima is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Paludomidae.[1][3][5]

Leloupiella minima is the only species in the genus Leloupiella.[2]

Distribution

Leloupiella minima is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.[1]

Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.

References

  1. Nicayenzi, F.; Ngereza, C.; Lange, C. (2010). "Stormsia minima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T20868A9234159. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T20868A9234159.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Leloupiella Neiber & Glaubrecht, 2019". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  3. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Leloupiella minima (E. A. Smith, 1908)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  4. Leloup (1953). "Résult. sci. Explor. Hydrobiol., Lac Tanganyika (1946-47), Bruxelles". Mus. Roy. Hist. nat. Belg. 3, 4: 217.
  5. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.