''Sibirenauta'' is a

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of left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing

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s, aquatic

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s in the family Physidae. The scientific name ''Sibirenauta'' is composed from the word

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, where its species live and from the

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word ''nauta'', that means "sailor".

Distribution

Distribution the genus ''Sibirenauta'' ranges from

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and the United States of America.

Species

Species in the genus ''Sibirenauta'' include: * ''

Sibirenauta depressior ''Sibirenauta'' is a genus of left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Physidae. The scientific name ''Sibirenauta'' is composed from the word Siberia, where its species live ...

'' (Middendorff, 1851) - type speciesTaylor D. W. (2003). "Introduction to Physidae (Gastropoda: Hygrophila). Biology, classification, morphology". '' Revista de Biología Tropical'
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. pages 10-11, 56-71. * ''

Sibirenauta elongatus ''Sibirenauta elongata'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Physidae. The species is found in Northern America. References Physidae {{Improve categories, date=February 2022 ...

'' (Say, 1821) * ''

Sibirenauta pictus ''Sibirenauta'' is a genus of left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Physidae. The scientific name ''Sibirenauta'' is composed from the word Siberia, where its species li ...

'' (Krause, 1883) * ''

Sibirenauta sibiricus ''Sibirenauta sibirica'' is a species of small air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae, a family which are sometimes known as the bladder snails. Taxonomy Swedish malacologist Carl Agardh We ...

'' (Westerlund, 1877)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q20155898 Physidae