Lioplax

Lioplax
	1870 drawing of a shell of Lioplax cyclostomatiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Family:	Viviparidae
Subfamily:	Lioplacinae
Genus:	Lioplax ; Troschel, 1857

Last updated July 30, 2025

Lioplax is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Lioplax include:^[2]

L. choctawhatchensis (Vanatta, 1935)
L. cyclostomatiformis (I. Lea, 1844)
L. pilsbryi(B. Walker, 1905)
L. subcarinata(Say, 1817)
L. sulculosa(Menke, 1828)

References

↑ Troschel (1857). Gebiss Schneck.1: 100.
1 2 Bouchet, P. (2014). Lioplax Troschel, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827301 on 2024-03-02

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[1] Troschel (1857). Gebiss Schneck.1: 100.

[WoRMS-2] 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2014). Lioplax Troschel, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827301 on 2024-03-02

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Lioplax

1870 drawing of a shell of Lioplax cyclostomatiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Family:	Viviparidae
Subfamily:	Lioplacinae
Genus:	Lioplax Troschel, 1857^[1]