''Stenothyra'' is a
genus
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of
freshwater snail
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s which have a
gill
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and an
operculum,
aquatic gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Stenothyridae
Stenothyridae is a family of small freshwater snails, snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.
This family has no subfamilies.
Distribution
There are known about 60 freshwater speci ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2014). Stenothyra Benson, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576162 on 2014-11-07]
''Stenothyra'' is the
type genus
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Zoological nomenclature
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of the family Stenothyridae.
Distribution
The distribution of ''Stenothyra'' includes
China
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and
Malaysia
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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Stenothyra'' include:
* ''
Stenothyra acuta''
Brandt, 1974
* ''
Stenothyra annandalei''
Brandt, 1968
* ''
Stenothyra arabica''
Neubert, 1998
* ''
Stenothyra australis''
Hedley, 1901
* ''
Stenothyra basiangulata''
(Mori, 1938)
* ''
Stenothyra basisculpta''
Brandt, 1970
* †
Stenothyra bellardii (Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1886)
* ''
Stenothyra cambodiensis''
Brandt, 1971[Attwood S. W., Lokman H. S. & Ong K. Y. (2005). "''Robertsiella silvicola'', a new species of triculine snail (Caenogastropoda: Pomatiopsidae) from peninsular Malaysia, intermediate host of ''Schistosoma malayensis'' (Trematoda: Digenea)". '']Journal of Molluscan Studies
The ''Journal of Molluscan Studies'' is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Malacological Society of London, covering research in malacology. '' 71(4): 379-391. .
* ''
Stenothyra confinis''
Brandt, 1974
* ''
Stenothyra crooki''
Brandt, 1968
* ''
Stenothyra cyrtochila''
van Benthem Jutting, 1959
* ''
Stenothyra deltae''
(Benson, 1837)
* ''
Stenothyra divalis''
(Gould, 1859)[Davis G. M., Guo Y. H., Hoagland K. E., Zheng L. C., Yang H. M. & Zhou Y. F. (1986).
"Anatomy of ''Stenothyra divalis'' from the People's Republic of China and Description of a New Species of ''Stenothyra'' (Prosobranchia: Rissoacea: Stenothyridae)". '''' 138(2): 318-349]
JSTOR
* ''
Stenothyra edogawensis''
(Yokoyama, 1927)
* ''
Stenothyra fasciata''
Brandt, 1968
* ''
Stenothyra filipino''
S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin, 2022
* ''
Stenothyra gelasinosa''
Golding, 2014
* ''
Stenothyra glabrata''
(A. Adams, 1851)
* ''
Stenothyra hardouini''
de Morgan, 1885
* ''
Stenothyra hokkaidonis''
Kuroda, 1962
* ''
Stenothyra huaimoi'' ..., 1979
* ''
Stenothyra hunanensis''
Moellendorff, 1888 [Davis G. M., Chen C.-E., Xing X.-G. & Wu C. (1988). "The Stenothyridae of China. No. 2: ''Stenothyra hunanensis''". '''' 140(2): 247-266]
JSTOR
* ''
Stenothyra hybocystoides
''Stenothyra'' is a genus of freshwater snails which have a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Stenothyridae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Stenothyra Benson, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http:// ...
''
Bavay, 1895
* ''
Stenothyra japonica''
Kuroda, 1962
* ''
Stenothyra jinghongensis''
Davis, Guo & Hoagland, 1986
* ''
Stenothyra jiraponi''
Brandt, 1968
* ''
Stenothyra khongi
''Stenothyra'' is a genus of freshwater snails which have a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Stenothyridae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Stenothyra Benson, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http:// ...
'' ..., 1979
[Hoagland K. E. & Davis G. M. (1979). "The Stenothyrid Radiation of the Mekong River 1. The ''Stenothyra mcmulleni'' Complex (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)". '''' 131: 191-230]
JSTOR
* ''
Stenothyra koratensis''
Brandt, 1968
* ''
Stenothyra krungtepensis''
Brandt, 1968
* ''
Stenothyra labiata''
Brandt, 1968
* ''
Stenothyra maculata''
Brandt, 1974
* ''
Stenothyra mandahlbarthi''
Brandt, 1968
* ''
Stenothyra mcmulleni''
Brandt, 1970
* ''
Stenothyra messageri''
[Phan V. T., Ersbøll A. K., Nguyen K. V., Madsen H. & Dalsgaard A. (2010). "Farm-Level Risk Factors for Fish-Borne Zoonotic Trematode Infection in Integrated Small-Scale Fish Farms in Northern Vietnam". '' PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases'' 4(7): e742. .]
* ''
Stenothyra microsculpta''
Brandt, 1974
* ''
Stenothyra minima''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1837)
* ''
Stenothyra monilifera''
(Benson, 1856)
* ''
Stenothyra moussoni''
Martens, 1897
* ''
Stenothyra nana''
Prashad, 1921
* ''
Stenothyra ovalis''
Brandt, 1970
* ''
Stenothyra paludicola''
van Benthem Jutting, 1963
* ''
Stenothyra polita''
(A. Adams, 1851)
* ''
Stenothyra prasongi''
Brandt, 1974
* ''
Stenothyra recondita''
Lindholm, 1929
* ''
Stenothyra roseni''
Brandt, 1968
* ''
Stenothyra saccata''
van Benthem Jutting, 1963
* ''
Stenothyra schlickumi''
Brandt, 1968
* ''
Stenothyra schuetti''
Brandt, 1968
* ''
Stenothyra spinosa''
Brandt, 1974
* ''
Stenothyra spiralis''
Brandt, 1968
* ''
Stenothyra thermaecola''
Kuroda, 1962
* ''
Stenothyra wykoffi''
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Stenothyra nebularum''
van Benthem Jutting, 1963: synonym of ''
Stenothyra australis''
Hedley, 1901
* ''Stenothyra quadrasi''
Möllendorff, 1895: synonym of ''
Stenothyra polita''
(A. Adams, 1851)
;Nomen dubium:
* ''Stenothyra frustillum''
Benson, 1856
References
* Brandt R.A.M. (1974). ''The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand.'' Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105: i-iv, 1-423.
External links
specimens of ''Stenothyra'' in the collectionof Malacology Collection at the
Academy of Natural Sciences
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, Philadelphia
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Stenothyridae
Taxa named by William Henry Benson