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| A drawing of an apertural view of Stenothyra hybocystoides , with operculum in place | |
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| Family: | Stenothyridae |
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| About 60 freshwater species | |
Stenothyridae is a family of small freshwater snails, snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Truncatelloidea. [3]
This family has no subfamilies. [3]
There are known about 60 freshwater species of Stenothyridae in the Palearctic (6 species), Oriental (about 60 species) and Australasian region (about 5 species) [2] and some marine. There are 19 endemic species of Stenothyridae in the Lower Mekong River flowing through Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. [2]
American malacologist George Washington Tryon firstly defined this taxon as Stenothyrinæ in 1866. [1] Tryon's diagnosis reads as follows: [1]
Stenothyrinæ. Shell turbinate. Operculum subspiral, calcareous. Distribution Indian. Stenothyra , Gabbia .
Currently the genus Gabbia is classified within the family Bithyniidae.
Genera within the family Stenothyridae include:
The habitat of Stenothyridae include rivers, streams and estuaries. [2] Stenothyridae invaded freshwater habitats from marine ones in at least one independent lineage. [2] Some species of Stenothyridae are euryhaline and/or marine. [2] Probably there are some amphidromous (migrate from freshwater to the sea) species of Stenothyridae. [2]
Heterobranchia, the heterobranchs, is a taxonomic clade of snails and slugs, which includes marine, aquatic and terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
Littorinimorpha is a large order of snails, gastropods, consisting primarily of sea snails, but also including some freshwater snails and land snails.
Hydrobiidae, commonly known as mud snails, is a large cosmopolitan family of very small freshwater and brackish water snails with an operculum; they are in the order Littorinimorpha.
Bithyniidae is a family of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.
Bithynia is a genus of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae.
Bythiospeum is a genus of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Moitessieriidae.
Fluminicola is a genus of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Lithoglyphidae.
Palacanthilhiopsis is a genus of very small or minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Moitessieriidae.
Pleuroceridae, common name pleurocerids, is a family of small to medium-sized freshwater snails, aquatic gilled gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cerithioidea.These snails have an operculum and typically a robust high-spired shell.
Cochliopidae is a family of small freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.
Pomatiopsidae is a family of small, mainly freshwater snails, that have gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.
Lithoglyphidae is a family of small freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.
Moitessieriidae is a family of small freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks that live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs to major rivers. The great majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions. Some groups of snails that live in freshwater respire using gills, whereas other groups need to reach the surface to breathe air. In addition, some are amphibious and have both gills and a lung. Most feed on algae, but many are detritivores and some are filter feeders.
Bithynia majorcina is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Bithyniidae.
Stenothyra is a genus of freshwater snails which have a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Stenothyridae.
Truncatelloidea is a superfamily of snails, gastropod mollusks in the clade Caenogastropoda.
Gabbia is a genus of a freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae.
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