''Stenomelania'' is a
genus
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of
freshwater snail
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s with a
gill
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and an
operculum,
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
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s in the subfamily
Thiarinae of the family
Thiaridae
Thiaridae, common name thiarids or trumpet snails, is a family of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cerithioidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Thiaridae Gill, 1871 (1823). A ...
known as thiarids.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Stenomelania P. Fischer, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818571 on 2022-06-22]
Species
Species within the genus ''Stenomelania'' include:
* ''
Stenomelania acutospira''
(I. Lea, 1850)
* ''
Stenomelania amabilis
''Stenomelania'' is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Thiarinae of the family Thiaridae known as thiarids. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Stenomelania P. Fischer, 18 ...
''
(G. von dem Busch)
* ''
Stenomelania aspirans
''Stenomelania aspirans'' is a species of freshwater snail, an Aquatic animal, aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Thiaridae.
''Stenomelania aspirans'' is the type species of the genus ''Stenomelania''. Paul Henri Fischer, Fischer P., Oehler ...
''
(Hinds, 1844) - type species of the genus ''Stenomelania''
* ''
Stenomelania blatta''
(I. Lea, 1850)
* ''
Stenomelania boninensis''
(I. Lea, 1856)
* ''
Stenomelania brenchleyi
''Stenomelania'' is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Thiarinae of the family Thiaridae known as thiarids. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Stenomelania P. Fischer, 1 ...
''
(Baird, 1873)
* ''
Stenomelania clavus
''Stenomelania'' is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Thiarinae of the family Thiaridae known as thiarids. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Stenomelania P. Fischer, 1 ...
''
(J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1822)
* ''
Stenomelania coarctata
''Stenomelania'' is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Thiarinae of the family Thiaridae known as thiarids. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Stenomelania P. Fischer, 1 ...
''
(J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1822)
* ''
Stenomelania costellaris''
(I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851)
* ''
Stenomelania crenulata''
(Deshayes, 1838) - synonym: ''Stenomelania rufescens'' (Martens, 1860)
* ''
Stenomelania denisoniensis
''Stenomelania denisoniensis'' is a very variable species of freshwater snail, an Aquatic animal, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae. ''Stenomelania denisoniensis'' has a long, slender shell and small aperture. This species has a c ...
''
(Brot, 1877)
* ''
Stenomelania distinguenda
''Stenomelania'' is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Thiarinae of the family Thiaridae known as thiarids. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Stenomelania P. Fischer, 1 ...
''
(A. Brot)
* † ''
Stenomelania dollfusi
''Stenomelania'' is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Thiarinae of the family Thiaridae known as thiarids. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Stenomelania P. Fischer, 1 ...
''
(Jodot, 1928)
* ''
Stenomelania erosa
''Stenomelania'' is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Thiarinae of the family Thiaridae known as thiarids. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Stenomelania P. Fischer, 1 ...
''
(Lesson, 1831)
* ''
Stenomelania graeffei
''Stenomelania'' is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Thiarinae of the family Thiaridae known as thiarids. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Stenomelania P. Fischer, 1 ...
''
(A. Mousson)
* '',
Stenomelania iaxa
''Stenomelania'' is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Thiarinae of the family Thiaridae known as thiarids. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Stenomelania P. Fischer, 18 ...
''
(A. Mousson)
* ''
Stenomelania juncea''
(I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851)
* ''
Stenomelania lancea
''Stenomelania'' is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Thiarinae of the family Thiaridae known as thiarids. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Stenomelania P. Fischer, 18 ...
''
(I. Lea, 1850)
* ''
Stenomelania litigiosa
''Stenomelania'' is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Thiarinae of the family Thiaridae known as thiarids. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Stenomelania P. Fischer, 18 ...
''
(A. Brot, 1877)
* ''
Stenomelania loebbeckii
''Stenomelania'' is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Thiarinae of the family Thiaridae known as thiarids. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Stenomelania P. Fischer, 18 ...
''
(A. Brot, 1877)
* ''
Stenomelania luctuosa''
(Hinds, 1844)
* ''
Stenomelania lutosa''
(A. Gould, 1847)
* ''
Stenomelania macilenta''
(Menke, 1830)
* ''
Stenomelania mucronata''
(von dem Busch, 1853)
* ''
Stenomelania persulcata''
(Mousson, 1869)
* ''
Stenomelania plicaria''
I. von Born, 1778
* ''
Stenomelania punctata''
(Lamarck, 1822)
* ''
Stenomelania rustica''
(Mousson, 1857)
* ''
Stenomelania torulosa''
(Bruguière, 1789) - synonym: ''Bulimus torulosus'' Bruguière, 1789
* ''
Stenomelania uniformis''
Quoy & Gaimard, 1834[Köhler F. & Rintelen T. (2011)]
"''Stenomelania uniformis''"
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T189354A8720112. Downloaded on 10 January 2016.
* ''
Stenomelania waigiensis''
(Lesson, 1831)
Synonyms:
* ''Stenomelania arthurii''
(Brot, 1870): synonym of ''Stenomelania persulcata'
' (Mousson, 1869) (junior synonym)
* ''Stenomelania funiculus''
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834): synonym of ''Stenomelania plicaria''
(Born, 1778)
* ''Stenomelania hastula''
(I. Lea, 1850): synonym of ''Stenomelania plicaria''
(Born, 1778)
* ''Stenomelania housei''
Lea, 1856 is a synonym of ''
Sulcospira housei
''Sulcospira housei'' is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
The specific name ''housei'' is in honour of Dr. Samuel Reynolds House, who collected type specimens during ...
''
(Lea, 1856)
* ''Stenomelania rufescens''
(Martens, 1860): synonym of ''Stenomelania crenulata''
(Deshayes, 1838)
* ''Stenomelania semicancellata''
(von dem Busch, 1844): synonym of ''Stenomelania torulosa''
(Bruguière, 1789) (junior subjective synonym)
References
External links
Glaubrecht M., Brinkmann N. & Pöppe J. (2009). Diversity and disparity ‘down under': Systematics, biogeography and reproductive modes of the ‘marsupial' freshwater Thiaridae (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea) in Australia. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 85(2): 199-275
Thiaridae
{{Thiaridae-stub