Fontigens

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Fontigens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Fontigentidae
Genus: Fontigens
Pilsbry, 1933
Type species
Paludina nicklinianaI. Lea, 1838

Fontigens is a genus of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Fontigentidae . [1]

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Species

Species within the genus Fontigens include: [2]

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Fontigens Pilsbry, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1057294 on 2025-01-22
  2. "Fontigens Pilsbry, 1933". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 October 2021.