| Valvata | |
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| a live Valvata piscinalis | |
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| Drawing: two views of a shell of Valvata cristata , the type species of the genus Valvata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Valvatidae |
| Genus: | Valvata O. F. Müller, 1773 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Valvata cristata O. F. Müller, 1774 | |
Valvata is a genus of very small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails. [2]
Species in the genus: Valvata O.F. Müller, 1773 include: [3]
(All the European species are included in this list.)