Hydrobia

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Hydrobia
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Apertural view of a shell of Hydrobia ulvae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Hydrobia
Hartmann, 1821 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Hydrobia (Littorinella)Herrmannsen, 1847
  • Leachia Risso, 1826 (Rejected name (ICZN Opinion 2161), preoccupied by Leachia Lesueur, 1821 [Cephalopoda])
  • Litorinella Braun, 1843
  • Peringia Paladilhe, 1874

Hydrobia is a genus of very small brackish water snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Hydrobia include:

Species brought into synonymy

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<i>Pseudamnicola</i> Genus of gastropods

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References

  1. Hartmann W. 1821. "System der Erd- und Flußschnecken der Schweiz. Mit vergleichender Aufzählung aller auch in den benachbarten Ländern, Deutschland, Frankreich und Italien sich vorfindenden Arten". Neue Alpina1: 194-268, Tab I-II [= 1-2]. Winterthur.
  2. 1 2 Gofas, S. (2011). Hydrobia Hartmann, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138081 on 2011-06-14