''Hubendickia'' is a
genus
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of
freshwater snail
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s with
gills
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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
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the family
Pomatiopsidae
Pomatiopsidae is a family of small, mainly freshwater snails, (some also occur in other habitats) that have gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Truncatelloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda b ...
.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus ''Hubendickia'' includes
Thailand
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and
China
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.
[Davis G. M., Guo Y. H., Chen P. L., Yang H. M. & Chen D. J. (1989). "Notes on the Anatomy of a Small ''Hubendickia'' (Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae: Triculinae) from Yunnan, China". '''' 141: 321-331]
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Species
Species within the genus ''Hubendickia'' include:
* ''
Hubendickia cingulata'' Brandt, 1974
* ''
Hubendickia coronata'' Brandt, 1968
* ''
Hubendickia crooki'' Brandt, 1968
* ''
Hubendickia cylindrica'' Brandt, 1974
* ''
Hubendickia gochenouri'' Brandt, 1968
* ''
Hubendickia pellucida'' (Bavay, 1895) - synonyms: ''Pachydrobia pellucida'' Bavay, 1895; ''Manningiella pellucida'' Brandt, 1970
* ''
Hubendickia polita'' (Brandt, 1970) - synonym: ''Manningiella polita'' Brandt, 1970
* ''
Hubendickia rolfbrandti'' Temcharoen, 1971
* ''
Hubendickia schlickumi'' (Brandt, 1968) - synonym: ''Paraprososthenia schlickumi'' Brandt, 1968
* ''
Hubendickia scheutti'' (Brandt, 1968) - synonym: ''Paraprososthenia scheutti'' Brandt, 1968
* ''
Hubendickia spiralis'' Brandt, 1968
* ''
Hubendickia sulcata'' (Bavay, 1895) - synonyms: ''Pachydrobia sulcata'' Bavay, 1895; ''
Hubendickia siamensis'' Brandt, 1968 - type species
* ''
Hubendickia tuberculata'' Brandt, 1968
* ''Hubendickia'' new species from Mekong River, Thailand
* ''Hubendickia'' another new species from Mekong River, Thailand
References
Pomatiopsidae
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