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.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Bithyniidae Gray, 1857. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182697 on 2016-02-28 Their minute shell is often colored. They are characterized by a calcareous operculum, a lobe on the upper surface of the neck. The ctenidium, the respiratory gill-comb, is very broad. They have a ciliary feeding habit. The kidney has a large extension towards the mantle.

Genera

Genera in the family Bithyniidae include: * '' Alocinna'' Annandale & Prashad, 1919 * ''

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Glöer P. (2002). ''Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas''. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 326 pp., . Reference for subgenera of genus ''Bithynia''. ** Subgenus ''Bithynia'' Leach, 1818 ** Subgenus '' Codiella'' Locard, 1894 * † '' Celekenia'' Andrusov, 1902 * ''

Boreoelona ''Boreoelona'' is a genus of gastropods in the family Bithyniidae. Species *''Boreoelona caerulans'' (Westerlund, 1896)Westerlund, C. A. (1896). Neue centralasiatische Mollusken. ''Yezhegodnik Zoologicheskogo Muzeya Imperatorskoy Akademii Nauk' ...

'' Starobogatov & Streletzkaja, 1967 * '' Congodoma'' Mandahl-Barth, 1968 * † '' Daciella'' Wenz, 1942 * '' Digoniostoma'' Annandale, 1920 * '' Emmericiopsis'' Thiele, 1928 * † '' Euchilus'' Sandberger, 1870 * † '' Ferebithynia'' Kókay, 2006 * '' Funduella'' Mandahl-Barth, 1968 * ''

Gabbiella ''Gabbiella'' is an East African genus of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae. Species Species in the genus ''Gabbiella'' include: * ''Gabbiella balovalensis'' * '' ...

'' Mandahl-Barth, 1968 * ''

Hydrobioides ''Hydrobioides'' is a genus of a freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae. Distribution of this genus include Laos, Myanmar and Thailand. Species *''Hydrobioides nana'' Annandale, ...

'' Nevill, 1884 * '' Incertihydrobia'' Verdcourt, 1958 * '' Jubaia'' Mandahl-Barth, 1968 * '' Limnitesta'' Mandahl-Barth, 1974 * '' Myosorella'' Annandale, 1919 * '' Neosataria'' Kulkarni & Khot, 2015 * '' Neumayria'' de Stefani, 1877 * '' Parabithynia'' Pilsbry, 1928 * ''

Parafossarulus ''Parafossarulus'' is a genus of freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Parafossarulus Annandale, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...

'' Annandale, 1924 * ''

Pseudobithynia ''Pseudobithynia'' is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum (gastropod), operculum, aquatic animal, aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae. Species Species in the genus ''Pseudobithynia'' include: * ''Pseudobi ...

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(2006). "On the identity of ''Bithynia graeca'' Westerlund, 1879 with the description of three new ''Pseudobithynia'' n. gen. species from Iran and Greece (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae)". '' Malakologische Abhandlungen'' 24: 29-36. Dresden
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* '' Pseudovivipara'' Annandale, 1918 * ''

Sierraia ''Sierraia'' is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae. Species Species in the genus ''Sierraia'' include: * '' Sierraia expansilabrum'' Brown, 1988 - vulnerable, from ...

'' Conolly, 1929 * † '' Tylopoma'' Brusina, 1882 * ''

Wattebledia ''Wattebledia'' is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae. The genus, generic name ''Wattebledia'' is in honor of French malacologist Gustave-Éd ...

'' Crosse, 1886 ;Genera brought into synonymy: * ''Bithinia'' Leach, 1818: synonym of ''

'' Leach, 1818 * ''Bulimus'' Scopoli, 1777: synonym of ''

'' Leach, 1818 * ''Bythinia'' Stein, 1850: synonym of ''

'' Leach, 1818 * ''Digyrcidum'' Locard, 1882: synonym of ''

'' Leach, 1818 * '' Gabbia'' Tryon, 1865: synonym of ''Bithynia (Gabbia)'' Tryon, 1865 represented as ''Bithynia'' Leach, 1818 * ''Paraelona'' Beriozkina & Starobogatov, 1994: synonym of ''

'' Leach, 1818

References

* Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". ''

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External links

Worldwide Mollusk Species Database: Bithyniidae
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