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Spekia is a genus of freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Paludomidae.

Spekia is the type genus of the tribe Spekiini.

Distribution

The genus Spekia is endemic to Lake Tanganyika.

Species

For many years only one species was known in this genus, however, in 1999, a second species was described.

The genus Spekia contains the following species:

• Spekia coheni West, 1999
• Spekia zonata (Woodward, 1859)

References

1. Bourguignat J. R. (1879). Descr. Moll. Égypte: 27.
2. 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.
3. ^ Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
4. Ngereza, C. (2010). "Spekia coheni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T44259A10868200. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44259A10868200.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

Further reading

• Moore J. E. S. (1899). "The mollusks of the Great African lakes. 3. Tanganyicia rufofilosa, and the genus Spekia". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 42: 155-185. Plates 14-19. PDF.

• Paludomidae
• Snails of Lake Tanganyika
• Taxa named by Jules René Bourguignat