''Benedictia'' is a

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of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or

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s in the

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Lithoglyphidae Lithoglyphidae is a family of small freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks. This family is in the superfamily Truncatelloidea and in the clade Littorinimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda b ...

. ''Benedictia'' is the

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of the subfamily Benedictiinae.

Distribution

The genus ''Benedictia'' is endemic to Lake Baikal.

Species

Species within the genus ''Benedictia'' include: * '' Benedictia baicalensis'' (Gerstfeldt, 1859)Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on March 2, 2010). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories"
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/ref>. * '' Benedictia distinguenda'' Lindholm, 1924 ** ''Benedictia distinguenda lamuana'' Sitnikova, 1987 * '' Benedictia fragilis'' W. Dybowski, 1875 - type species * '' Benedictia kotyensis'' Matiokin, Dzuban & Sitnikova, 1988 Матекин П. В., Дзубан Т. А. & Ситникова Т. Я. atiokin P. V., Dzuban T. A.& Sitnikova T. Ya. (1988). "О новом виде рода ''Benedictia'' (Gastropoda, Benedictiidae) из озера Байкал". New species of the genus ''Benedictia'' (Gastropoda, Benedictiidae) from Baikal Lake". ''Зоологический Журнал'' ''Zoologicheskij Zhurnal'' 67(1): 129-135. * ''Benedictia limnaeoides'' (Schrenck, 1867) ** ''Benedictia limnaeoides ongurensis'' Kozhov, 1936 ** ''Benedictia limnaeoides litoralis'' Kozhov, 1936 * '' Benedictia maxima'' (W. Dybowski, 1875) ** ''Benedictia maxima marisminus'' Sitnikova, 1987 * '' Benedictia nana'' Beckman & Starobogatov, 1975 * '' Benedictia pulchella'' Sitnikova, 1987 * ''Benedictia pulchella sarmensis'' Sitnikova, 1987 * '' Benedictia pumyla'' (Lindholm, 1924) * '' Benedictia shadini'' Beckman & Starobogatov, 1975

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Lithoglyphidae Endemic fauna of Russia Fauna of Lake Baikal {{Caenogastropoda-stub