''Sinotaia'' is a
genus
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of large
operculate
The operculum (; ) is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure like a trapdoor that exists in many (but not all) groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails; the structure is found in some marine and ...
freshwater snail
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s,
aquatic 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 ...
mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s in the family
Viviparidae
Viviparidae, sometimes known as the river snails or mystery snails, are a family of large operculate freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks.
This family is classified in the informal group Architaenioglossa according to the taxonomy of ...
.
Distribution
Distribution of the genus ''Sinotaia'' include
southeast Asia
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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Sinotaia'' include:
[Bouchet, P.; Neubauer, Thomas A. (2015). ''Sinotaia'' Haas, 1939. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=820488 on 2016-02-15]
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Sinotaia acutecarinata'' (Yen, 1939)
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Sinotaia aeruginosa
''Sinotaia aeruginosa'' (synonym: ''Bellamya aeruginosa'') is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum (gastropod), operculum, an aquatic animal, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae. It is widely distributed and ...
'' (Reeve, 1863)
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Sinotaia angularis'' (O. F. Müller, 1774)
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Sinotaia annulata'' (Yen, 1939)
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Sinotaia arturrolli'' Brandt, 1968
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Sinotaia barboti'' (Sinzov, 1884)
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Sinotaia bugensis'' (Gozhik in Gozhik & Prysjazhnjuk, 1978)
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Sinotaia datunensis'' Qian, Fang & He, 2014
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Sinotaia delavayana'' (Heude, 1890)
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Sinotaia dispiralis'' (Heude, 1890)
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Sinotaia ecarinata'' (Kobelt, 1909)
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Sinotaia guangdungensis
''Sinotaia'' is a genus of large operculate freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Viviparidae.
Distribution
Distribution of the genus ''Sinotaia'' include southeast Asia.
Species
Species within the genus ''Sinotaia'' inc ...
'' (Kobelt, 1906)
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Sinotaia limnophila'' (Mabille, 1886)
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Sinotaia mandahlbarthi
''Sinotaia'' is a genus of large operculate freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Viviparidae.
Distribution
Distribution of the genus ''Sinotaia'' include southeast Asia.
Species
Species within the genus ''Sinotaia'' inc ...
'' Brandt, 1968
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Sinotaia manhongensis'' (Zhang, Liu & Wang, 1981)
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Sinotaia margaryoides
''Sinotaia'' is a genus of large operculum (gastropod), operculate freshwater snails, Aquatic animal, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Viviparidae.
Distribution
Distribution of the genus ''Sinotaia'' include southeast Asia.
Species
Spe ...
'' (Annandale, 1924)
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Sinotaia nicopolis'' Datsenko, 2001
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Sinotaia papillapicula'' (Liu, Zhang & Wang, 1982)
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Sinotaia polyzonata'' (Frauenfeld, 1862) / ''
Angulyagra polyzonata
''Angulyagra polyzonata'' is a species of a freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.
Distribution
This species is found in southern and southeastern China and in northern Vietnam. ...
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Sinotaia pyrificata'' (Heude, 1890)
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Sinotaia qionghaiensis'' Qian, Fang & He, 2014
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Sinotaia quadrata
''Sinotaia quadrata'' is a species of a freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.
Subspecies
Subspecies within this species include:
* ''Sinotaia quadrata quadrata''
* ''Sinotaia qua ...
'' (Benson, 1842) - type species
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Sinotaia reevei'' (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1905)
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Sinotaia turrita'' (Yen, 1939)
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Sinotaia xichangensis'' Qian, Fang & He, 2014
See also
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Bellamya
''Bellamya'' was a supertanker, built in 1976 by Chantiers de l'Atlantique at Saint-Nazaire for the French branch of Shell Oil. She was the second Batillus class supertanker. ''Bellamya'', together with her sister ships ''Batillus, Pierre Guillau ...
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References
External links
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Viviparidae
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