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.Glöer P. (2002). ''Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas''. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 326 pp., ."''Tanousia zrmanjae''"

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, last update 27 January 2011, accessed 19 May 2011.Neubauer, Thomas A. (2014). Tanousia Servain, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=820434 on 2014-11-15

Species

Species within the genus ''Tanousia'' include: * † '' Tanousia adnata'' (Neumayr in Herbich & Neumayr, 1875) * † '' Tanousia arminiensis'' (Jekelius, 1932) * † ''

Tanousia atava ''Tanousia'' is an extinct genus of freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, a gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.Glöer P. (2002). ''Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas''. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, ...

'' (Andrusov, 1890) * † '' Tanousia bodosensis'' (Roth, 1881) * † '' Tanousia carasiensis'' (Jekelius, 1944) * † ''

Tanousia destefanii ''Tanousia'' is an extinct genus of freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, a gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.Glöer P. (2002). ''Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas''. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, ...

'' (Brusina, 1902) * ''

Tanousia krasnenkovi ''Tanousia'' is an extinct genus of freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, a gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.Glöer P. (2002). ''Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas''. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, ...

'' Kondrashov, 2007 - from the Middle Pleistocene * ''

Tanousia lithoglyphoides ''Tanousia'' is an extinct genus of freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, a gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.Glöer P. (2002). ''Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas''. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, ...

'' (Girotti, 1972) * ''

Tanousia runtoniana ''Tanousia runtoniana'' is an extinct European species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, a gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.Glöer P. (2002). ''Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas''. Die Tierwelt Deut ...

'' (Sandberger, 1880)Esu D. & Gianolla D. (2008). "The occurrence of the genus ''Tanousia'' Servain (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) in the Middle Pleistocene Piànico-Sèllere Basin (Bergamo, Northern Italy)". ''

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'' 190(1): 4-9. * † ''

Tanousia schlickumi ''Tanousia'' is an extinct genus of freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, a gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.Glöer P. (2002). ''Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas''. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, ...

'' Schütt, 1976 * ''

Tanousia stenostoma ''Tanousia stenostoma'' is an extinct European species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, a gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.Glöer P. (2002). ''Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas''. Die Tierwelt Deut ...

'' (Nordmann, 1901) * † ''

Tanousia stironensis ''Tanousia'' is an extinct genus of freshwater snails with gills and an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, a gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.Glöer P. (2002). ''Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas''. Die Tierwelt Deu ...

'' Esu, 2008 - from Early Pleistocene of Northern ItalyEsu D. (2008). "A new species of ''Tanousia'' Servain (Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) from the Early Pleistocene of Emilia-Romagna (Northern Italy)". '' Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana'' 47(1): 45-49
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* '' Tanousia subovata'' (Settepassi & Verdel, 1965) * '' Tanousia zrmanjae'' (Brusina, 1866)

References

* Wenz, W. (1938-1944). ''Gastropoda. Teil 1: Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia. 1-1639.'' In: Schindewolf, O.H. (Ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6. Verlag Gebrüder Bornträger, Berlin. page(s): 568

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