Tomichia is a genus of very small freshwater snails which have a gill and an operculum, gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Tomichiidae.[3]
The distribution of the genus Tomichia includes South Africa[2] and Eastern Zaire.[4] Tomichia is the only genus of Pomatiopsidae in Africa.[4]
This genus occurs is both freshwater and brackish water.[3] There exist halophilic species of Tomichia which live in saline lakes[2] such as Tomichia ventricosa.[4]
Brown (1994)[4] recognized 10 species (7 in South Africa and 3 in Central Africa) and one undescribed species. Kameda & Kato (2011)[2] recognized 11 species of Tomichia.
Species within the genus Tomichia include:
Tomichia is a genus of very small freshwater snails which have a gill and an operculum, gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Tomichiidae.
