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mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.Bouchet, P. (2014). Galba Schrank, 1803. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716335 on 2014-11-17 The best-known species in the genus is '' Galba truncatula''. The genus ''Galba'' is known from the Jurassic to the Recent periods.

Species

Species within the genus ''Galba'' include: * ''

Galba bulimoides ''Galba bulimoides'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Lymnaeidae. The species is found in Northern America. References

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'' or ''Fossaria'' (''Bakerilymnaea'') ''bulimoides'' (I. Lea, 1841) * ''

Galba cousini ''Galba cousini'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic animal, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Galba Schrank, 1803. Accessed through: Wor ...

'' (Jousseaume, 1887

* '' Galba cubensis'' (Pfeiffer, 1839

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Galba cyclostoma Galba (; born Servius Sulpicius Galba; 24 December 3 BC – 15 January AD 69) was the sixth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 68 to 69. After his adoption by his stepmother, and before becoming emperor, he was known as Livius Ocella Sulpicius Ga ...

'' (Walker, 1908) (synonym: ''

Fossaria cyclostoma ''Galba'' is a genus of small air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.Bouchet, P. (2014). Galba Schrank, 1803. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://w ...

'' (Walker, 1808)) * ''

Galba dalli Galba (; born Servius Sulpicius Galba; 24 December 3 BC – 15 January AD 69) was the sixth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 68 to 69. After his adoption by his stepmother, and before becoming emperor, he was known as Livius Ocella Sulpicius Ga ...

'' (F.C. Baker, 1907) * † ''

Galba dupuyiana Galba (; born Servius Sulpicius Galba; 24 December 3 BC – 15 January AD 69) was the sixth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 68 to 69. After his adoption by his stepmother, and before becoming emperor, he was known as Livius Ocella Sulpicius Ga ...

'' (Noulet, 1854) * ''

Galba exigua Galba (; born Servius Sulpicius Galba; 24 December 3 BC – 15 January AD 69) was the sixth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 68 to 69. After his adoption by his stepmother, and before becoming emperor, he was known as Livius Ocella Sulpicius Ga ...

'' (I. Lea, 1841) * ''

Galba galbana Galba (; born Servius Sulpicius Galba; 24 December 3 BC – 15 January AD 69) was the sixth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 68 to 69. After his adoption by his stepmother, and before becoming emperor, he was known as Livius Ocella Sulpicius Ga ...

'' Say, 1825) (synonym: ''

Fossaria galbana ''Galba'' is a genus of small air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.Bouchet, P. (2014). Galba Schrank, 1803. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://w ...

'' Say, 1825) * †''

Galba gaudryi Galba (; born Servius Sulpicius Galba; 24 December 3 BC – 15 January AD 69) was the sixth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 68 to 69. After his adoption by his stepmother, and before becoming emperor, he was known as Livius Ocella Sulpicius Ga ...

'' Wenz, 1922 * † ''

Galba halavatsi Galba (; born Servius Sulpicius Galba; 24 December 3 BC – 15 January AD 69) was the sixth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 68 to 69. After his adoption by his stepmother, and before becoming emperor, he was known as Livius Ocella Sulpicius Ga ...

'' Wenz, 1922 * ''

Galba meridensis ''Galba meridensis'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic animal, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Galba meridensis (Bargues, Artigas, Khou ...

'' (Bargues, Artigas, Khoubbane & Mas-Coma, 2011) * † ''

Galba minor Galba (; born Servius Sulpicius Galba; 24 December 3 BC – 15 January AD 69) was the sixth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 68 to 69. After his adoption by his stepmother, and before becoming emperor, he was known as Livius Ocella Sulpicius Ga ...

'' (Thomä, 1845) * ''

Galba modicella ''Galba modicella'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Lymnaeidae. The species is found in Northern America. References modicella ''Modicella'' is a genus of fungi in the Mortierellaceae in the family of the Mucoromycot ...

'' (Say, 1825) * ''

Galba neotropica ''Galba neotropica'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic animal, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. This species was described as ''Lymnaea neotropica'' in 2007. However, it belon ...

'' (Bargues, Artigas, Mera y Sierra, Pointier & Mas-Coma, 2007) * ''

Galba obrussa Galba (; born Servius Sulpicius Galba; 24 December 3 BC – 15 January AD 69) was the sixth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 68 to 69. After his adoption by his stepmother, and before becoming emperor, he was known as Livius Ocella Sulpicius Ga ...

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Galba parva Galba (; born Servius Sulpicius Galba; 24 December 3 BC – 15 January AD 69) was the sixth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 68 to 69. After his adoption by his stepmother, and before becoming emperor, he was known as Livius Ocella Sulpicius Gal ...

'' (I. Lea, 1841) (synonym: ''

Fossaria parva ''Galba'' is a genus of small air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.Bouchet, P. (2014). Galba Schrank, 1803. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://w ...

'' (I.Lea, 1841)) * ''

Galba pervia Galba (; born Servius Sulpicius Galba; 24 December 3 BC – 15 January AD 69) was the sixth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 68 to 69. After his adoption by his stepmother, and before becoming emperor, he was known as Livius Ocella Sulpicius Ga ...

'' (Martens, 1867) * ''

Galba schirazensis ''Galba schirazensis'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic animal, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. Taxonomy This species was originally described by German malacologist Hein ...

'' Küster, 1862Glöer P. & Pešić V. (2012). "The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species". '' ZooKeys'' 219: 11-61, . * ''

Galba sibirica Galba (; born Servius Sulpicius Galba; 24 December 3 BC – 15 January AD 69) was the sixth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 68 to 69. After his adoption by his stepmother, and before becoming emperor, he was known as Livius Ocella Sulpicius Ga ...

'' (Westerlund, 1885) * † ''

Galba subminuta Galba (; born Servius Sulpicius Galba; 24 December 3 BC – 15 January AD 69) was the sixth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 68 to 69. After his adoption by his stepmother, and before becoming emperor, he was known as Livius Ocella Sulpicius Ga ...

'' (Almera & Bofill y Poch, 1895) * † ''

Galba suboblonga Galba (; born Servius Sulpicius Galba; 24 December 3 BC – 15 January AD 69) was the sixth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 68 to 69. After his adoption by his stepmother, and before becoming emperor, he was known as Livius Ocella Sulpicius Ga ...

'' (Kovalenko, 1994) * † ''

Galba subpalustris Galba (; born Servius Sulpicius Galba; 24 December 3 BC – 15 January AD 69) was the sixth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 68 to 69. After his adoption by his stepmother, and before becoming emperor, he was known as Livius Ocella Sulpicius Ga ...

'' - a fossil species from the late Miocene * ''

Galba viatrix ''Galba viatrix'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or ...

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;Subgenus ''Galba (Galba)'' Schrank, 1803 * † ''Galba (Galba) bulimoides'' (Klein, 1846) * † ''Galba (Galba) cornea'' (Brongniart, 1810) * † ''Galba (Galba) kenesensis'' (Halaváts, 1903) * † ''Galba (Galba) phrygopalustris'' (Oppenheim, 1919) * † ''Galba (Galba) praepalustris'' (Roman, 1907) * † ''Galba (Galba) sandbergeri'' (Łomnicki, 1886) * † ''Galba (Galba) subtruncatula'' (Clessin, 1885) * † ''Galba (Galba) suevica'' (Wenz, 1916) * '' Galba truncatula, Galba (Galba) truncatula'' (O. F. Müller, 1774)Müller O. F. (1774). ''Vermivm terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia''. Volumen alterum. pp. I-XXVI 1-36 1-214, -10 Havniae & Lipsiae. (Heineck & Faber). - the type species ;Species brought into synonymy: * † ''Galba dupuyana'' (Noulet, 1854): synonym of † ''

'' (Noulet, 1854) * † ''Galba jaccardi'' (Maillard, 1892): synonym of †''

Stagnicola jaccardi ''Stagnicola'' is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Stagnicola Jeffreys, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...

'' (Maillard, 1892) * ''Galba montanensis'' F. C. Baker, 1913: synonym of '' Walterigalba montanensis'' (F. C. Baker, 1913) * ''Galba occulta'' Jackiewicz, 1959: synonym of ''

Ladislavella terebra ''Ladislavella'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Lymnaeidae. The species of this genus are found in Eurasia and America. Species: *'' Ladislavella apicina'' *''Ladislavella arctica'' *''Ladislavella atkaensis'' *'' Ladislave ...

'' (Westerlund, 1885) * ''Galba pusilla'' Schrank, 1803: synonym of ''Galba truncatula'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * † ''Galba (Galba) armaniacensis'' (Noulet, 1857): synonym of † ''

Stagnicola armaniacensis ''Stagnicola'' is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Stagnicola Jeffreys, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...

'' (Noulet, 1857) * † ''Galba (Galba) bouilleti'' (Michaud, 1855): synonym of † ''

Stagnicola bouilleti ''Stagnicola'' is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Stagnicola Jeffreys, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...

'' (Michaud, 1855) * † ''Galba (Galba) glabra'' (Müller, 1774): synonym of † ''

Omphiscola glabra ''Omphiscola glabra'' (Synonym: Stagnicola glaber (O. F. Müller, 1774)) is a species of small to medium-size, air-breathing, freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae.Glöer P. (2002). Überfamilie Lym ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * † ''Galba (Galba) heriacensis'' (Fontannes, 1876): synonym of † ''

'' (Michaud, 1855) * † ''Galba (Galba) jaccardi'' (Maillard, 1892): synonym of † ''

'' (Maillard, 1892) * † ''Galba (Galba) kreutzii'' (Łomnicki, 1886): synonym of † ''

Stagnicola kreutzii ''Stagnicola'' is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Stagnicola Jeffreys, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...

'' (Łomnicki, 1886) * ''Galba (Galba) palustris'' (Müller, 1774): synonym of ''

Stagnicola palustris ''Stagnicola palustris'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. Taxonomy ''Stagnicola turricula'' is a synonym of ''Stagnicola palustris'', because t ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) * † ''Galba (Galba) rouvillei'' (Fontannes, 1879): synonym of † ''

'' (Michaud, 1855) * † ''Galba (Galba) subfragilis'' (d'Orbigny, 1852): synonym of † ''

Lymnaea subfragilis ''Lymnaea'' is a genus of small to large-sized air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Lymnaeinae ( of the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Lymnaea Lamarck, ...

'' d'Orbigny, 1852 * † ''Galba (Galba) subpalustris'' (Thomä, 1845): synonym of † ''

Stagnicola subpalustris ''Stagnicola'' is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Stagnicola Jeffreys, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...

'' (Thomä, 1845)

References

* Kruglov & Starobogatov, 1985) Vinarski V.M. (2013) ''One, two, or several? How many lymnaeid genera are there?'' Ruthenica 23(1): 41-58

External links

Guo-Hua Liu, Shu-Yan Wang, Wei-Yi Huang, Guang-Hui Zhao, Shu-Jun Wei, Hui-Qun Song, Min-Jun Xu, Rui-Qing Lin, Dong-Hui Zhou, Xing-Quan Zhu : The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Galba pervia (Gastropoda: Mollusca), an Intermediate Host Snail of Fasciola spp; PLOS, One, July 26, 2012
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