''Parafossarulus'' is a
genus of
freshwater snail
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...
s with
gills and an
operculum, an
aquatic prosobranch 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 ...
mollusks 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 ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2014). Parafossarulus Annandale, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758823 on 2014-11-19]
Species
Species within the genus ''Parafossarulus'' include:
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Parafossarulus anomalospiralis
''Parafossarulus anomalospiralis'' is a species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in Jilin Province, China.
Description
Th ...
'' Liu, Li & Liu, 1985
* † ''
Parafossarulus crassitesta'' (Bröhmme, 1885)
* ''
Parafossarulus eximius'' (Frauenfeld)
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Parafossarulus globosus'' Liu, Zhang & Wang, 1994
[Bouchet, P. (2014). ''Parafossarulus globosus'' Liu, Zhang & Wang, 1994. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758826 on 2014-05-16]
* † ''
Parafossarulus priscillae'' Girotti, 1972
* ''
Parafossarulus manchouricus'' (Gerstfeldt in Bourguignat, 1860)
[Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on March 2, 2010). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories"]
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* '' Parafossarulus spiridonovi'' Zatrawkin & Starobogatov in Zatrawkin, Dovgalev & Starobogatov, 1989
Taxonomy
Glöer (2002)[Glöer P. (2002). ''Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas''. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 326 pp., , page 190-194.] reassigned two European extinct species of ''Parafossarulus'' into 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 ...
'', but the genus ''Parafossarulus'' is generally accepted for the Asian species.
References
External links
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Bithyniidae
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