''Heleobia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of small freshwater and

brackish water Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing seawater (salt water) and fresh water together, as in estuary ...

snail A snail is a shelled gastropod. The name is most often applied to land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. However, the common name ''snail'' is also used for most of the members of the molluscan class Gas ...

s with a

gill A gill () is a respiration organ, respiratory organ that many aquatic ecosystem, aquatic organisms use to extract dissolved oxygen from water and to excrete carbon dioxide. The gills of some species, such as hermit crabs, have adapted to allow r ...

and an operculum,

aquatic Aquatic means relating to water; living in or near water or taking place in water; does not include groundwater, as "aquatic" implies an environment where plants and animals live. Aquatic(s) may also refer to: * Aquatic animal, either vertebrate ...

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

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s in the family

Cochliopidae Cochliopidae is a family of small freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks. Paludestrina d'Orbigny, 1840 is an archaic synonym, and has been placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Names by ICZN O ...

and the superfamily

Truncatelloidea Truncatelloidea is a family (biology), superfamily of snails, gastropod mollusc, mollusks in the clade Caenogastropoda.Bouchet, P. (2013). ''Truncatelloidea''. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/a ...

.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Heleobia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138080 on 2015-03-25 ''Heleobia'' is one of three genera (together with ''

Semisalsa ''Eupaludestrina'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Cochliopidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe. Species: *''Eupaludestrina achaja'' *''Eupaludestrina acilacustris'' *''Eupaludestrina aponensis'' *''Eupaludest ...

'' and '' Heleobops'') within the subfamily Semisalsinae.Kroll O., Hershler R., Albrecht C., Terrazas E. M., Apaza R., Fuentealba C., Wolff C. & Wilke T. (2012). "The endemic gastropod fauna of Lake Titicaca: correlation between molecular evolution and hydrographic history". '' Ecology and Evolution'' 2(7): 1517-1530. . Some authors treated ''Semisalsa'' as a subgenus of ''Heleobia''.

Species

Species within the genus ''Heleobia'' include: *'' Heleobia andicola'' (

d'Orbigny Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny (6 September 1802 – 30 June 1857) was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology (including malacology), palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthropol ...

, 1835) *'' Heleobia australis'' (

) *'' Heleobia castellanosae'' (Gaillard, 1974) *'' Heleobia berryi'' (

Pilsbry Henry Augustus Pilsbry (7 December 1862 – 26 October 1957) was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a cent ...

, 1924) *'' Heleobia charruana'' (

, 1840) *'' Heleobia conexa'' (M. C. Gaillard, 1974) *'' Heleobia contempta'' ( Dautzenberg, 1894)Şereflişan H., Yildirim M. Z. & Şereflişan M. (2009). "The gastropod fauna and their abundance, and some physicochemical parameters of

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(Hatay, Turkey)". ''

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'' 33(3): 287-296
abstract

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*'' Heleobia culminea'' (

, 1840)
- the type species *'' Heleobia deserticola'' Collado, 2015 *'' Heleobia dobrogica'' Grossu & Negrea, 1989Andrzej Falniowski, Magdalena Szarowska, Ioan Sirbu, Alexandra Hillebrand, Mihai Baciu
''Heleobia dobrogica'' (Grossu & Negrea, 1989)(Gastropoda: Rissooidea: Cochliopidae) and the estimated time of its isolation in a continental analogue of hydrothermal vents
In: Molluscan Research 28(3): pp 165-170. 22 Dec 2008. ISSN 1323-5818 *'' Heleobia hatcheri'' (

, 1911)
*'' Heleobia isabelleana'' (

, 1840) *'' Heleobia longiscata'' ( Bourguignat, 1856) *'' Heleobia parchappii'' (

, 1835) *'' Heleobia piscium'' (

, 1835)
*'' Heleobia robusta'' da Silva & Veitenheimer-Mendes, 2004 *''Helobia Dobrica'' ;Species brought into synonymy: * subgenus ''Heleobia (Semisalsa)'' Radoman, 1974: synonym of ''

'' Radoman, 1974 *''Heleobia dalmatica'' (Radoman, 1974): synonym of '' Semisalsa dalmatica'' Radoman, 1974 *''Heleobia stagnorum'' (

Gmelin Gmelin may refer to: * Karl Christian Gmelin, Carl Christian Gmelin (1762–1837), German botanist, author of ''Flora Badensis, Alsatica et confinium regionum cis- et transrhenania'' (1806) * Charles Gmelin (1872–1950), British Olympic athlete * ...

, 1791):Gofas, S. (2011). ''Heleobia stagnorum'' (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140122 on 2011-06-14 synonym of '' Semisalsa stagnorum'' (

, 1791)

References

* Hershler R. & Thompson F.G. (1992) ''A review of the aquatic gastropod subfamily Cochliopinae (Prosobranchia: Hydrobiidae).'' Malacological Review suppl. 5: 1-140.

External links

Genus taxon summary for ''Heleobia''
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q5704215 Cochliopidae