''Wattebledia'' is a
genus of
freshwater snail
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...
s with a
gill and an
operculum, an 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 ...
mollusks in the family
Bithyniidae
Bithyniidae is a family of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Bithyniidae Gray, 1857. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...
.
The
generic name ''Wattebledia'' is in honor of French malacologist
Gustave-Éduard Joseph Wattebled (1844-1886).
Distribution
The native distribution of this species includes
Thailand (3 species).
[Kulsantiwong J., Prasopdee S., Ruangsittichai J., Ruangjirachuporn W., Boonmars T., Viyanant V., Pierossi P., Hebert P. D. N. & Tesana S. (2013). "DNA Barcode Identification of Freshwater Snails in the Family Bithyniidae from Thailand". '' PLoS ONE'' 8(11): e79144. .]
Species
Species in the genus ''Wattebledia'' include:
* ''
Wattebledia baschi'' (Brandt, 1968)
* ''
Wattebledia crosseana'' (Wattebled, 1886)
* ''
Wattebledia siamensis
''Wattebledia siamensis'' is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.
Distribution
The native distribution of this species includes:
* List of n ...
'' (Moellendorff, 1902)
References
Bithyniidae
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