''Nystia'' is an extinct

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of fossil

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s, aquatic

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s in the family

Truncatellidae Truncatellidae, common name the "looping snails", is a family of small amphibious snails, with gills and an operculum, semi-marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. Shell description This family of snails have small shells which lose th ...

.Kadolsky D. (1988). "Mollusken aus dem Oligozän von Sieblos a.d. Wasserkuppe/Rhön". '' Beitrage zur Naturkunde in Osthessen'', Fulda, 24: 99-129. pages 103-105. The genus ''Nystia'' was previously classified within the

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or the Micromelaniidae. It is currently classified within the Truncatellidae according to Kadolsky (1988).

Distribution

The distribution of the genus ''Nystia'' includes France and the Czech Republic.

Species

Species in the genus ''Nystia'' include: * '' Nystia duchasteli'' (Nyst, 1836) - synonym: ''Paludina duchasteli'' Nyst, 1836, type species, from Eocene of France * '' Nystia lenoiri'' * '' Nystia rubeschi''PDF
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