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Lithoglyphidae Lithoglyphidae is a family of small freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks. This family is in the superfamily Truncatelloidea and in the clade Littorinimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by ...

.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Fluminicola Carpenter, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717164 on 2020-06-13

Species

Species within the genus ''Fluminicola'' include:"''Fluminicola'' Stimpson, 1865"

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, accessed 19 May 2011. *'' Fluminicola avernalis'' Pilsbry, 1935 -

Moapa pebblesnail The Moapa pebblesnail also known as the Muddy Valley turban snail, scientific name ''Pyrgulopsis avernalis'', is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. The natural habitat ...

*'' Fluminicola coloradoensis'' Morrison, 1940 - Green River pebblesnail *'' Fluminicola columbiana'' Hemphill, 1899 - Columbia pebblesnail *'' Fluminicola dalli'' (Call, 1884) - Pyramid Lake pebblesnail *'' Fluminicola erythopoma'' Pilsbry, 1899 - ash meadows pebblesnail *'' Fluminicola fuscus'' (Haldeman, 1847) - ashy pebblesnail *'' Fluminicola hindsi'' (Baird, 1863) - vagrant pebblesnail *''

Fluminicola merriami The Pahranagat pebblesnail also known as the Pahranagat Valley turban snail, scientific name ''Fluminicola merriami'', is a species of very small or minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lithogl ...

'' (Pilsbry & Beecher, 1892) - pahranagat pebblesnail *'' Fluminicola minutissimus'' Pilsbry, 1907 - pixie pebblesnail *'' Fluminicola modoci'' Hannibal, 1912 - Modoc pebblesnail *'' Fluminicola nevadensis'' Walker, 1916 - cortez hills pebblesnail *'' Fluminicola nuttallianus'' (I. Lea, 1838) - dusky pebblesnail, type speciesHershler R. & Frest T. J. (1996). "A review of the North American freshwater snail genus ''Fluminicola'' (Hydrobiidae)". ''

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*'' Fluminicola seminalis'' (Hinds, 1842) - nugget pebblesnail *'' Fluminicola tenuis'' Pilsbry *'' Fluminicola turbiniformis'' (Tryon, 1865) - turban pebblesnail *'' Fluminicola virens'' (I. Lea, 1838) - Olympia pebblesnail

References

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* Hershler R. (1999). "A systematic review of the hydrobiid snails (Gastropoda: Rissoidea) of the Great Basin, western United States. Part II. Genera ''Colligyrus'', ''Fluminicola'', ''Pristinicola'', and ''Tryonia''". ''The Veliger'' 42(4): 306-337
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. * Hershler R., Liu H.-P., Frest T. J. & Johannes E. J. (2007). "Extensive diversification of pebblesnails (Lithoglyphidae: ''Fluminicola'') in the upper Sacramento River basin". ''

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Lithoglyphidae Taxa named by William Stimpson Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Gastropod genera {{Lithoglyphidae-stub