Bithyniidae is a

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freshwater snail Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...

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Littorinimorpha Littorinimorpha is a large order of snails, gastropods, consisting primarily of sea snails ( marine species), but also including some freshwater snails ( aquatic species) and land snails (terrestrial species).Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Fr� ...

.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Bithyniidae Gray, 1857. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182697 on 2016-02-28 Their minute shell is often colored. They are characterized by a calcareous operculum, a lobe on the upper surface of the neck. The ctenidium, the respiratory gill-comb, is very broad. They have a ciliary feeding habit. The kidney has a large extension towards the mantle.

Genera

Genera in the family Bithyniidae include: * '' Alocinna'' Annandale & Prashad, 1919 * ''

Bithynia Bithynia (; Koine Greek: , ''Bithynía'') was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Pa ...

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Glöer P. (2002). ''Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas''. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 326 pp., . Reference for subgenera of genus ''Bithynia''. ** Subgenus ''Bithynia'' Leach, 1818 ** Subgenus '' Codiella'' Locard, 1894 * † '' Celekenia'' Andrusov, 1902 * ''

Boreoelona ''Boreoelona'' is a genus of gastropods in the family Bithyniidae Bithyniidae is a family of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Bithyniidae Gray, ...

'' Starobogatov & Streletzkaja, 1967 * '' Congodoma'' Mandahl-Barth, 1968 * † '' Daciella'' Wenz, 1942 * '' Digoniostoma'' Annandale, 1920 * '' Emmericiopsis'' Thiele, 1928 * † '' Euchilus'' Sandberger, 1870 * † '' Ferebithynia'' Kókay, 2006 * '' Funduella'' Mandahl-Barth, 1968 * ''

Gabbiella ''Gabbiella'' is an East African genus of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae Bithyniidae is a family of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod ...

'' Mandahl-Barth, 1968 * ''

Hydrobioides ''Hydrobioides'' is a genus of a freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae. Distribution of this genus include Laos, Myanmar and Thailand. Species *''Hydrobioides nana'' Annandale, ...

'' Nevill, 1884 * '' Incertihydrobia'' Verdcourt, 1958 * '' Jubaia'' Mandahl-Barth, 1968 * '' Limnitesta'' Mandahl-Barth, 1974 * '' Myosorella'' Annandale, 1919 * '' Neosataria'' Kulkarni & Khot, 2015 * '' Neumayria'' de Stefani, 1877 * '' Parabithynia'' Pilsbry, 1928 * '' Parafossarulus'' Annandale, 1924 * '' Pseudobithynia'' Glöer & Pešić, 2006Glöer P. & Pešić V. (2006). "On the identity of ''Bithynia graeca'' Westerlund, 1879 with the description of three new ''Pseudobithynia'' n. gen. species from Iran and Greece (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae)". '' Malakologische Abhandlungen'' 24: 29-36. Dresden
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* '' Pseudovivipara'' Annandale, 1918 * ''

Sierraia ''Sierraia'' is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum (gastropod), operculum, aquatic animal, aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae. Species Species in the genus ''Sierraia'' include: * ''Sierraia expansilabr ...

'' Conolly, 1929 * † '' Tylopoma'' Brusina, 1882 * '' Wattebledia'' Crosse, 1886 ;Genera brought into synonymy: * ''Bithinia'' Leach, 1818: synonym of ''

'' Leach, 1818 * ''Bulimus'' Scopoli, 1777: synonym of ''

'' Leach, 1818 * ''Bythinia'' Stein, 1850: synonym of ''

'' Leach, 1818 * ''Digyrcidum'' Locard, 1882: synonym of ''

'' Leach, 1818 * '' Gabbia'' Tryon, 1865: synonym of ''Bithynia (Gabbia)'' Tryon, 1865 represented as ''Bithynia'' Leach, 1818 * ''Paraelona'' Beriozkina & Starobogatov, 1994: synonym of ''

'' Leach, 1818

References

* Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". ''

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External links

Worldwide Mollusk Species Database: Bithyniidae
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1509697 Taxa named by John Edward Gray