''Gabbia'' is a
genus
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of a
freshwater snail
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s with an
operculum,
aquatic prosobranch
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s 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, 1857. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...
.
Glöer & Pešić (2012)
recognized ''Gabbia'' as a subgenus of the genus ''
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 ...
''.
Species
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species recognized 11 species of ''Gabbia'' in 2013.
* ''
Gabbia adusta'' Ponder, 2003
* ''
Gabbia affinis'' (Brazier ms Smith, 1882)
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Gabbia alticola'' Annandale, 1918
* ''
Gabbia beecheyi'' Ponder, 2003
* ''
Gabbia campicola'' Ponder, 2003
* ''
Gabbia carinata'' Ponder, 2003
* ''
Gabbia clathrata'' Ponder, 2003
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Gabbia davisi'' Ponder, 2003
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Gabbia erawanensis'' (Prayoonhong, Chitramvong & Upatham, 1990)
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Gabbia fontana'' Ponder, 2003
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Gabbia iredalei'' Cotton, 1942
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Gabbia kendricki'' Ponder, 2003
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Gabbia kessneri'' Ponder, 2003
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Gabbia lutaria'' Ponder, 2003
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Gabbia microcosta'' Ponder, 2003
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Gabbia napierensis'' Ponder, 2003
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Gabbia obesa'' Ponder, 2003
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Gabbia orcula'' Frauenfeld, 1862
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Gabbia pallidula'' Ponder, 2003
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Gabbia rotunda'' Ponder, 2003
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Gabbia sistanica'' (Annandale & Prashad, 1919) /
''Bithynia'' (''Gabbia'') ''sistanica'' (Annandale & Prashad, 1919)
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Gabbia smithii'' (Tate, 1882)
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Gabbia spiralis'' Ponder, 2003
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Gabbia stenothyroides'' Dohrn, 1857
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Gabbia travancorica'' (Benson, 1860)
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Gabbia tumida'' Ponder, 2003
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Gabbia vertiginosa'' (Frauenfeld, 1862)
[ Ponder W. F. (2003). "Monograph of the Australian Bithyniidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea)". '']Zootaxa
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'' 230: 1-126
abstract
- synonym: ''
Gabbia australis'' Tryon, 1865 - type species
[Glöer P. & Pešić V. (2012). "The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species". '']ZooKeys
''ZooKeys'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering zoological taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography. It was established in 2008 and the editor-in-chief is Terry Erwin (Smithsonian Institution). It is published by Pensoft Publ ...
'' 219: 11-61. .
Synonyms:
* ''Gabbia misella'' Gredler, 1884 is a synonym of ''
Bithynia misella'' (Gredler, 1884)
* ''Gabbia pygmaea'' Preston, 1908 is a synonym of ''
Bithynia pygmaea'' Preston, 1908
* ''Gabbia wykoffi'' Brandt, 1968 is a synonym of ''
Bithynia walkeri'' (Brandt, 1968)
References
External links
Bithyniidae
{{Bithyniidae-stub