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Limnaea (other)
Limnaea or Limnaia ( grc, Λιμναία, link=no) may refer to: *Limnaea (Acarnania), a town of ancient Acarnania, Greece *Limnaea (Thessaly), a town of ancient Thessaly, Greece * ''Limnaea'', a genus of snails in the family Lymnaeidae, synonym of '' Lymnaea'' * ''Limnaea'', a genus of bivalves in the family Unionidae, synonym of ''Unio Unio may refer to: * ''Unio'' (bivalve), a genus of freshwater mussels * ''Unio'' (sternwheeler), a steamboat that operated in Oregon, United States, in 1861, before being renamed ''Union'' * UNI/O, an asynchronous serial bus * UNIO Satu Mare, a ...'' See also * Limnae (other) {{Disambiguation, genus, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limnaea (Acarnania)
Limnaea or Limnaia ( grc, Λιμναία) was a city in ancient Acarnania at the southeast corner of the Ambraciot Gulf, on the very frontier of Acarnania towards Aetolia. It site is near the modern town of Amphilochia. Thucydides said that Limnaea lay on the road from Ambracia and Argos Amphilochicum to Stratos. Philip III of Macedon disembarked at Limnaea, when about to invade Aetolia. The site of Limnaea is at a site called Karavassaras, within the bounds of the town of Amphilochia. The fortified hill commands the strategic passage that connects Ambracia and Epirus to ancient Stratos, Agrinion and the rest of Aetolia and Acarnania Acarnania ( el, Ἀκαρνανία) is a region of west-central Greece that lies along the Ionian Sea, west of Aetolia, with the Achelous River for a boundary, and north of the gulf of Calydon, which is the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth. Today i .... The site today is largely abandoned and open for visits through a rough, and very precarious, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limnaea (Thessaly)
Limnaea or Limnaia ( grc, Λιμναία) or Limnaeum or Limnaion (Λιμναίον) was a town of Histiaeotis in ancient Thessaly, taken by the Romans in 191 BCE. Its location is within the bounds of the modern town of Vlochos Vlochos ( el, Βλοχός) is a village in modern Thessaly, Greece. It belongs to the municipality of Palamas in the regional unit of Karditsa. History Just south of the village lies the steep hill of Strongilovouni ( el, Στρογγυλοβού .... References Populated places in ancient Thessaly Former populated places in Greece Histiaeotis {{AncientThessaly-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lymnaea
''Lymnaea'' is a genus of small to large-sized air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Lymnaeinae ( of the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Lymnaea Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160345 on 2013-06-06 Some species are used in aquaculture under the name Melantho snails. Numerous ''Lymnaea'' species serve as intermediate hosts for trematodes. ''Lymnaea'' is the type genus of the family Lymnaeidae. Species Species within the genus ''Lymnaea'' include: * † ''Lymnaea acuminata'' Brongniart, 1810 * † '' Lymnaea acuta'' Repelin, 1902 * † ''Lymnaea aequalis'' Serres, 1818 * † '' Lymnaea alamosensis'' Arnold, 1908 * † ''Lymnaea antiqua'' Brongniart, 1810 * † ''Lymnaea aptensis'' Matheron, 1861 * † '' Lymnaea ativuncula'' White, 1886 * † '' Lymnaea bertschingeri'' Maillard, 1892 * † ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unio (bivalve)
''Unio'' is a genus of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. They are found throughout Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, with some species introduced to East Asia. Fossil species are also known from the Jurassic of North America. ''Unio'' is the type genus of the family Unionidae. Species Species in the genus ''Unio'' include: *'' Unio abyssinicus'' Martens, 1866 *'' Unio bruguierianus'' Bourguignat, 1853 *''Unio caffer'' Krauss, 1848 *'' Unio cariei'' - extinctBouchet, P. & von Cosel, R. 1996.Unio cariei 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007. (no longer recognised) *'' Unio courtillieri'' Hattemann, 1859 *''Unio crassus'' Philipsson, 1788 (Thick shelled river mussel) - near threatened *'' Unio damascensis'' Lea, 1863 *'' Unio delicatus'' Lea, 1863 *'' Unio delphinus'' Spengler, 1793 *'' Unio dembeae'' Reeve, 1865 *''Unio durieui'' Deshayes, 1847 *'' Unio elongatulus'' C. Pfeiffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |