Rivularia (gastropod)

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Rivularia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Viviparidae
Subfamily: Viviparinae
Genus: Rivularia
Heude, 1890
Species:
R. auriculata
Binomial name
Rivularia auriculata
Synonyms [1]
  • Paludina (Melantho) auriculata E. von Martens, 1875
  • Paludina auriculata E. von Martens, 1875
  • Rivularia auricularis Heude, 1890
  • Rivularia elongata Heude, 1890

Rivularia is a monotypic genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Viviparidae. [2] [3] Species in this genus is distributed only along the Xiang River region of Hunan province, People's Republic of China. [3]

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Taxonomy

This genus was originally placed under the subfamily Bellamyinae of Viviparidae. In 2017, it was moved to Viviparinae based on anatomical and genetic data. [2] [3]

Species

As of May 2024, WoRMS only recognize one species in this genus, namely Rivularia auriculata(E. von Martens, 1875), the type species of this genus. [2] The original combination is this species was Paludina auriculataMartens, 1875. [2]

A number of species inquirenda have been assigned to this genus, but none have so far been accepted:

Description

Rivularia auriculata grows to about 25 mm (1 in). The shell is thick and has about 4.5 whorls. The shape is oval to subglobose. It is usually smooth and olive-yellow in colour, typically without bands. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Rivularia auriculata (E. von Martens, 1875)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Rivularia Heude, 1890". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Van Bocxlaer, B.; Strong, Ellen E.; Richter, R.; Stelbrink, B.; Von Rintelen, T. (2017). "Anatomical and genetic data reveal that RivulariaHeude, 1890 belongs to Viviparinae (Gastropoda: Viviparidae)" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx014.
  4. 1 2 太平洋岛 (2014-01-20). "【万有青年养成计划】湘江中下游江段田螺科物种考察篇" [transtitle] (in Simplified Chinese). GuoKr. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
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