Lithoglyphidae is a
family
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of small
freshwater snail
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s with
gills
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and an
operculum,
aquatic 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 ...
mollusk
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s.
This family is in 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 ...
and in the clade
Littorinimorpha
Littorinimorpha is a large order of snails, gastropods, consisting primarily of sea snails ( marine species), but also including some freshwater snails ( limnic species) and land snails ( terrestrial species).Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); FrΓ ...
(according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Taxonomy
Taylor (1966), Ponder & WarΓ©n (1988) and Kabat & Hershler (1993)
[Kabat A. R. & Hershler R. (1993). "The prosobranch snail family Hydrobiidae (Gastropoda: Rissooidea): review of classification and supraspecific taxa". '' Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology'' 547: 1-94]
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considered this taxon as a subfamily Lithoglyphinae within
Hydrobiidae
Hydrobiidae, commonly known as mud snails, is a large cosmopolitan family of very small freshwater and brackish water snails with an operculum, in the order Littorinimorpha.MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Hydrobiidae W. Stimpson, 1865. ...
.
Radoman (1983) considered Lithoglyphidae as a separate family.
Bernasconi (1992) considered this taxon as a tribe Lithoglyphini in the Hydrobiinae within Hydrobiidae.
2005 taxonomy
The family Lithoglyphidae consists of 2 subfamilies according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.
It follows Wilke et al. (2001),
Hausdorf et al. (2003) and includes Lepyriidae according to Thompson (1984).
[Thompson F. G. (1984). "North American freshwater snail genera of the hydrobiid subfamily Lithoglyphinae". '']Malacologia
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141.
* subfamily
Lithoglyphinae Tryon, 1866 - synonyms: Fluminicolinae Clessin, 1880;
Lepyriidae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1951
* subfamily
Benedictiinae Clessin, 1880
[ Clessin S. (1880). "Studien ΓΌber die Familie der Paludinen". '' Malakozoologische BlΓ€tter'' (ser. 2)2: 161-196. page 194.]
Genera
*Subfamily Benedictiinae
**''
Benedictia''
W. Dybowski, 1875
***''Benedictia (Baicalocochlea)''
Lindholm, 1927
***''Benedictia (Benedictia)''
W. Dybowski, 1875
**''
Kobeltocochlea''
Lindholm, 1909
**''
Pseudobenedictia''
Sitnikova, 1987
**''
Yaroslawiella''
Sitnikova, 2001[Π‘ΠΈΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ²Π° Π’. Π―. itnikova T. Ya.(2001). "ΠΠΎΠ²ΡΠΉ ΡΠΎΠ΄ ΠΈ Π²ΠΈΠ΄ Π±Π°ΠΉΠΊΠ°Π»ΡΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΠ½Π΄Π΅ΠΌΠΈΡΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΌΠΎΠ»Π»ΡΡΠΊΠ° ''Yaroslawiella eximia'' (Caenogastropoda, Hydrobioidea)". A new genus and species of Baikalian endemic mollusc ''Yaroslawiella eximia'' (Caenogastropoda, Hydrobioidea)" '' Zoologicheskii Zhurnal'', 80(4), 499β502.]
*Subfamily Lithoglyphinae
**''
Antrorbis''
Hershler & Thompson, 1990[Hershler, R. & Thompson, F. (1990). ''Antrorbis breweri'', a new genus and species of hydrobiid cavesnail (Gastropoda) from Coosa River Basin, northeastern Alabama. ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington'', 103(1), 197β204.]
**''
Clappia''
Walker, 1909
**''
Dabriana''
Radoman, 1974
**''
Fluminicola''
Stimpson, 1865, synonymised with:
***''Fluminicola (Gillia)''
Stimpson, 1865
***''Heathilla''
Hannibal, 1912
**''
Gillia''
Stimpson, 1865
**''
Holsingeria''
Hershler, 1989
**''
Lepyrium''
Dall, 1896
**''
Lithoglyphus''
C. Pfeiffer, 1828
**''
Phreatodrobia''
Hershler & Longley, 1986
**''
Pristinicola''
Hershler, Frest, Johannes, Bowler & F. G. Thompson, 1994
**''
Pterides''
Pilsbry, 1909
**''
Somatogyrus''
Gill, 1863
References
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Gastropod families