''Rifia'' is a
species of very small
fresh water
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...
snail with an
operculum, an
aquatic operculate
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
Hydrobiidae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Rifia Ghamizi, 2020. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440160 on 2021-06-11]
Species
Species in the genus ''Rifia'' include:
* ''
Rifia yacoubii''
Ghamizi, 2020
References
External links
Ghamizi M. (2020). New stygobiont genus and new species (Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) from the Rif (Morocco). Ecologica Montenegrina. 31: 50-56
Hydrobiidae
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