Amnicolidae is a

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of small

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s with a

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and an operculum, aquatic

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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 (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family was previously considered to be a subfamily of Hydrobiidae.

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 ''Erhai ...

'' Kuroda & Habe, 1954Davis G. M. & Rao S. (1997). "Discovery of ''Erhaia'' (Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae) in northern India with description of a new genus of Erhaiini from China". ''

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, 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 Amnic ...

'' 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. Species Species within the genus ''Marstoniopsis'' include: * ''Marstoniopsis armoric ...

'' 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 ''Dybowskia'' has been cited as synonyms for: * the genus of grasses ''Hyparrhenia'' * '' Dybowskyia'' Jakovlev, 1876: a genus of shield bugs in the tribe Tarisini * '' Dybowskiella'' Waagen & Wentzel, 1886: an extinct genus of bryozoa Bryozoa ...

'' 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'' Clessin, 1880,Fazalova V., Nevado B., Peretolchina T., Petunina J. & Sherbakov D. (2010). "When environmental changes do not cause geographic separation of fauna: differential responses of Baikalian invertebrates". '' BMC Evolutionary Biology'' 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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