''Mayabina'' 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, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing
freshwater snail
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks that 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 t ...
s,
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 ...
pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group inclu ...
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
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the subfamily Aplexinae of the family
Physidae
Physidae, common name, commonly called the bladder snails, is a family (biology), family of small air-breathing freshwater snails, Aquatic animal, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Lymnaeoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). Mol ...
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Species
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Mayabina bullula
''Mayabina'' is a genus of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Aplexinae of the family Physidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mayabina D. W. Taylor, 2 ...
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(Crosse & P. Fischer, 1882)
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Mayabina carolita
''Mayabina'' is a genus of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Aplexinae of the family Physidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mayabina D. W. Taylor, 2 ...
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(Jousseaume, 1887)
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Mayabina nitidula
''Mayabina'' is a genus of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Aplexinae of the family Physidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mayabina D. W. Taylor, 2 ...
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(Clessin, 1886)
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Mayabina obtusa
''Mayabina'' is a genus of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Aplexinae of the family Physidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mayabina D. W. Taylor, 2 ...
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(Clessin, 1885)
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Mayabina petenensis
''Mayabina'' is a genus of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Aplexinae of the family Physidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mayabina D. W. Taylor, 2 ...
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D. W. Taylor, 2003
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Mayabina pliculosa
''Mayabina'' is a genus of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Aplexinae of the family Physidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mayabina D. W. Taylor, 2 ...
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(E. von Martens, 1898)
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Mayabina polita
''Mayabina'' is a genus of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Aplexinae of the family Physidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mayabina D. W. Taylor, 2 ...
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D. W. Taylor, 2003
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Mayabina sanctijohannis
''Mayabina'' is a genus of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Aplexinae of the family Physidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mayabina D. W. Taylor, 2 ...
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D. W. Taylor, 2003
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Mayabina spiculata
''Mayabina'' is a genus of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Aplexinae of the family Physidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mayabina D. W. Taylor, 2 ...
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(Morelet, 1849)
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Mayabina tapanensis
''Mayabina'' is a genus of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Aplexinae of the family Physidae
Physidae, common name, commonly called the bladder snails, i ...
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(Crosse & P. Fischer, 1882)
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Mayabina tempisquensis
''Mayabina'' is a genus of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snails, Aquatic animal, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Aplexinae of the family Physidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mayabina ...
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D. W. Taylor, 2003
References
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent freshwater/brackish Gastropoda of the World. Last update: January 24th, 2018
External links
Taylor, D. W. (2003). Introduction to Physidae (Gastropoda: Hygrophila); biogeography, classification, morphology. Revista de Biología Tropical. 51(Suppl. 1): 1-263 (includes a Catalog of species, pp. 197-263)
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Physidae