Viviparidae

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Viviparidae
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Recent
Viviparus contectus met operculum2.JPG
An alive but retracted individual of Viviparus contectus , showing the operculum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Viviparoidea
Family: Viviparidae
J. E. Gray, 1847 [1]
Diversity [2]
125–150 freshwater species

Viviparidae, sometimes known as the river snails or mystery snails, are a family of large aquatic gastropod mollusks, being some of the most widely distributed operculate freshwater snails.

Contents

This family is classified in the informal group Architaenioglossa according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.

Distribution

This family occurs nearly worldwide in temperate and tropical regions, with the exception that they are absent from South America.

There are two genera of Viviparidae in Africa: Bellamya and Neothauma . [3]

The oldest known vivparid is Viviparus langtonensis from the Middle Jurassic of England. [4] The oldest records from the Southern Hemisphere is from the Late Jurassic Talbragar fossil beds of Australia. [5]

Taxonomy

The family Viviparidae contains 3 subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

Genera

Genera within the family Viviparidae include:

subfamily Viviparinae Gray, 1847

subfamily Bellamyinae Rohrbach, 1937

subfamily Lioplacinae Gill, 1863

subfamily ?

Genera brought into synonymy

Life cycle

Life spans have been reported from 3 to 11 years in various species of Viviparidae. [14]

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References

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