Amnicolidae is a
family
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of small
freshwater snail
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s with a
gill
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and an
operculum,
aquatic gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the superfamily
Rissooidea
Rissooidea, originally named Rissoacea by Gray, 1847, is a taxonomic superfamily of small and minute marine snails, belonging to the clade Littorinimorpha.Gofas, S. (2013). Rissooidea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at htt ...
.
This family is in the clade
Littorinimorpha
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(according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family was previously considered to be a subfamily of
Hydrobiidae
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.
Distribution
Hydrobiidae are found in much of the world, ...
.
Subfamilies
The family Amnicolidae consists of 3 subfamilies (according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
*Subfamily
Amnicolinae Tryon, 1863, synonymised with:
**Tribe Erhaiini
Davis & Kuo, 1985
**Subfamily Lyogyrinae
Pilsbry, 1916
**Subfamily Parabythinellinae
Radoman, 1976
**Tribe Pseudobythinellini
Davis & Chen, 1992
*Subfamily
Baicaliinae P. Fisher, 1885, synonymised with:
**Subfamily Liobaicaliinae
B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1913
**Subfamily Turribaicaliinae
B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1917
Genera
*Subfamily Amnicolinae
Tryon, 1863
**''
Akiyoshia
''Akiyoshia'' is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Amnicolidae.
Distribution
The distribution of ''Akiyoshia'' includes JapanDavis G. M. & Rao S. (1997). "Discovery of ''Er ...
'' Kuroda & Habe, 1954
[Davis G. M. & Rao S. (1997). "Discovery of ''Erhaia'' (Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae) in northern India with description of a new genus of Erhaiini from China". '''' 48: 273-299]
JSTOR
, synonymised with:
***''Akiyoshia (Saganoa)''
Kuroda, Habe & Tamu, 1958
**''
Amnicola
''Amnicola'' is a genus of very small freshwater snails which have an operculum. ''Amnicola'' species are aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Amnicolidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
...
'' Gould & Haldeman, 1840, synonymised with:
***''Amnicola (Amnicola)''
Gould & Haldeman, 1840
***''Hydrobia (Amnicola)''
Gould & Haldeman, 1840
**''
Chencuia''
Davis, 1997
**''
Colligyrus''
Hershler, 1999
**''
Dasyscias''
F. G. Thompson & Hershler, 1991
**''
Erhaia
''Erhaia'' is a genus of small to minute freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Amnicolidae.
''Erhaia'' is the type genus of the tribe Erhaiini, which is now a synonym of the subfamily Amn ...
''
Davis & Kuo, 1985,
[Davis G. M., Kuo Y.-H. Hoagland K. E., Chen P.-L., Yang H.-M. & Chen D.-J. (1985). ''Erhaia'', a new genus and new species of Pomatiopsidae from China (Gastropoda: Rissoacea). '''', 137, 48–78.] synonymised with:
***''Pseudobythinella''
Liu & Zhang, 1979
**''
Kolhymamnicola''
Starobogatov & Budnikova, 1976
**''
Lyogyrus
''Lyogyrus'' is a genus of very small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae
Hydrobiidae, commonly known as mud snails, is a large cosmopolitan family of very small freshwater ...
''
Gill, 1863
**''
Marstoniopsis
''Marstoniopsis'' is a genus of minute freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Amnicolidae
Amnicolidae is a family of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, ...
''
van Regteren Altena, 1936
**''
Moria''
Kuroda & Habe, 1958
**''
Rachipteron''
F.G. Thompson, 1964
*Subfamily Baicaliinae
P. Fisher, 1885
**''
Baicalia''
Martens, 1876, synonymised with:
***''Baicalia (Baicalia)''
Martens, 1876
***''Baicalia (Trachybaicalia)''
Martens, 1876
***''Baikalia''
Dall, 1877
***''Baikalia (Trachybaikalia)''
G. Nevill, 1885
***''Limnorea''
W. Dybowski, 1875
***''Limnorea (Ligea)''
W. Dybowski, 1875
***''Trachybaikalia''
G. Nevill, 1885
***''Turribaicalia''
B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1917
**''
Dybowskia''
Dall, 1877
**''
Godlewskia''
Crosse & P. Fischer, 1879
**''
Korotnewia''
Kozhov, 1936
**''
Liobaicalia''
Martens, 1876, synonymised with:
***''Baicalia (Liobaicalia)''
Martens, 1876
***''Hydrobia (Liobaikalia)''
Dall, 1877
***''Limnorea (Leucosia)''
W. Dybowski, 1875
**''
Maackia
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'' 10: 320. . synoynmised with:
***''Baicalia (Maackia)''
Clessin, 1880
***''Maackia (Eubaicalia)''
Lindholm, 1924
***''Maackia (Maackia)''
Clessin, 1880
**''
Parabaikalia''
Lindholm, 1909
**''
Pseudobaikalia''
Lindholm, 1909, synonymised with:
***''Pseudobaicalia''
B. Dybowski, 1911
***''Pseudobaikalia (Microbaicalia)''
Kozhov, 1936
***''Pseudobaikalia (Pseudobaikalia)''
Lindholm, 1909
**''
Pyrgobaicalia''
Starobogatov, 1972
**''
Teratobaikalia''
Lindholm, 1909, synonymised with:
***''Teratobaikalia (Baikaliella)''
Lindholm, 1909
***''Teratobaikalia (Teratobaikalia)''
Lindholm, 1909
***''Teratobaikalia (Trichiobaikalia)''
Lindholm, 1909
References
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