Lithoglyphidae is a
family
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of small
freshwater snail
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...
s with
gills
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and an
operculum,
aquatic gastropod mollusk
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s.
This family is in the superfamily
Truncatelloidea
Truncatelloidea is a superfamily of snails, gastropod mollusks in the clade Caenogastropoda.Bouchet, P. (2013). ''Truncatelloidea''. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id= ...
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 ( aquatic species) and land snails ( terrestrial species).Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Fr ...
(according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Taxonomy
Taylor (1966), Ponder & Warén (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
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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; they are in the order Littorinimorpha.
Distribution
Hydrobiidae are found in much of the wor ...
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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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* subfamily
Lithoglyphinae Tryon, 1866 - synonyms: Fluminicolinae Clessin, 1880;
Lepyriidae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1951
* subfamily
Benedictiinae Clessin, 1880
[ Clessin S. (1880). "Studien über die Familie der Paludinen". '' Malakozoologische Blätter'' (ser. 2)2: 161-196. page 194.]
Genera
*Subfamily Benedictiinae
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Benedictia''
W. Dybowski, 1875
***''Benedictia (Baicalocochlea)''
Lindholm, 1927
***''Benedictia (Benedictia)''
W. Dybowski, 1875
**''
Kobeltocochlea''
Lindholm, 1909
**''
Pseudobenedictia''
Sitnikova, 1987
**''
Yaroslawiella''
Sitnikova, 2001[Ситникова Т. Я. itnikova T. Ya.(2001). "Новый род и вид байкальского эндемичного моллюска ''Yaroslawiella eximia'' (Caenogastropoda, Hydrobioidea)". A new genus and species of Baikalian endemic mollusc ''Yaroslawiella eximia'' (Caenogastropoda, Hydrobioidea)" '']Zoologicheskii Zhurnal
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'', 80(4), 499–502.
*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), 197–204.]
**''
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
''Lithoglyphus'' is a genus of freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, a gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.
Taxonomy
''Lithoglyphus'' is the type genus of the family Lithoglyphidae.
This taxon has been established by K ...
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C. Pfeiffer, 1828
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Phreatodrobia''
Hershler & Longley, 1986
**''
Pristinicola''
Hershler, Frest, Johannes, Bowler & F. G. Thompson, 1994
**''
Pterides''
Pilsbry, 1909
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Somatogyrus''
Gill, 1863
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Taylorconcha
''Taylorconcha'' is a genus of small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs o ...
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Hershler, Frest, Johannes, Bowler & F. G. Thompson, 1994
References
External links
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Gastropod families