''Borysthenia'' is a

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of small

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s with an operculum, aquatic

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s in the family

Valvatidae ''Valvatidae'', the valve snails, is a taxonomic family of very small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks. Taxonomy The family Valvatidae has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouche ...

, the valve snails. The

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of ''Borysthenia'' is not circular."Genus summary for ''Borysthenia''"
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Species

The genus ''Borysthenia'' contains the following species: * † '' Borysthenia goldfussiana'' (Wüst, 1901) * † '' Borysthenia intermedia'' Kondrashov, 2007 - from the Middle Pleistocene of

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PlainKondrashov P. E. (2007). "New gastropod species from the Pleistocene of the Upper Don basin". ''

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'' 41(5): 513-519. . * '' Borysthenia menkeana'' (Jelski, 1863) * '' Borysthenia naticina'' (Menke, 1845) - type species as ''Valvata jelskii'' Crosse, 1863

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q4946885 Valvatidae Taxa named by Wassili Adolfovitch Lindholm Gastropod genera Extant Middle Pleistocene first appearances