''Hauffenia'' is a
genus
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of minute
freshwater snail
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s with an
operculum,
aquatic gastropod
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mollusc
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s or
micromollusc
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s in the
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Hydrobiidae
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Distribution
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.
Distribution
''Hauffenia'' is widely distributed in Europe (Italy, France, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, northern Balkans).
Species
Species within the genus ''Hauffenia'' include:
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Hauffenia erythropomatia''
(Hauffen, 1856)
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Hauffenia kerschneri''
(Zimmermann, 1930)[Šteffek J., Falniowski A., Szarowska M. & Grego J. (2011)."“''Hauffenia''” Pollonera, 1898 (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae) in Slovakia: a preliminary report". '']Folia Malacologica
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**subspecies ''Hauffenia kerschneri kerschneri''
(Zimmermann, 1930)
**subspecies ''Hauffenia kerschneri loichiana''
Haase, 1993
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Hauffenia kissdalmae''
Erőss & Petró, 2008
*''
Hauffenia lucidulus''
(Angelov, 1967) / ''
Hauffenia lucidulus''
(Angelov, 1967) / ''
Horatia lucidulus''
(Angelov, 1967)
*''
Hauffenia minuta''
( Draparnaud, 1805) / ''
Islamia minuta''
( Draparnaud, 1805)
*''
Hauffenia nesemanni''
A. Reischütz & P. Reischütz, 2006
*
''Hauffenia'' sp. nov. from Slovakia
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Hauffenia tellinii''
( Pollonera, 1898) - type species of the genus ''Hauffenia''
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Hauffenia wienerwaldensis''
Haase, 1992
References
External links
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Hydrobiidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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