Nystia Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Truncatellidae |
Genus: | † Nystia Tournouer, 1869 [2] |
Nystia is an extinct genus of fossil freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Truncatellidae. [1] [3]
The genus Nystia was previously classified within the Stenothyridae or the Micromelaniidae. [1] It is currently classified within the Truncatellidae according to Kadolsky (1988). [1] [3]
The distribution of the genus Nystia includes France [1] and the Czech Republic.
Species in the genus Nystia include:
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