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Saulea

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Saulea
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clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
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Saulea

Gray, 1868[1]
Diversity[2]
2 species

Saulea is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.

Saulea is the type genus of the tribe Sauleini.[3]

The genus Saulea is known from Africa.

Species

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There are two[2] species within the genus Saulea:

References

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  1. ^ Gray (1868). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 1000.
  2. ^ a b c d "Saulea". The apple snail website, Accessed 16 May 2011.
  3. ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  4. ^ a b Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.