Wattebledia

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Wattebledia
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Apertural view of the shell of Wattebledia crosseana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bithyniidae
Genus: Wattebledia
Crosse, 1886 [1]

Wattebledia is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae.

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The generic name Wattebledia is in honor of French malacologist Gustave-Éduard Joseph Wattebled (1844-1886).

Distribution

The native distribution of this species includes Thailand (3 species). [2]

Species

Species in the genus Wattebledia include:

References

  1. ↑ Crosse H. (1886). J. Conchyliol.34: 79.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Kulsantiwong J., Prasopdee S., Ruangsittichai J., Ruangjirachuporn W., Boonmars T., Viyanant V., Pierossi P., Hebert P. D. N. & Tesana S. (2013). "DNA Barcode Identification of Freshwater Snails in the Family Bithyniidae from Thailand". PLoS ONE 8(11): e79144. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0079144.


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