''Felipponea'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

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 that have a

gill A gill () is a respiratory organ that many aquatic organisms use to extract dissolved oxygen from water and to excrete carbon dioxide. The gills of some species, such as hermit crabs, have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they ar ...

and an operculum, aquatic gastropod

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 es ...

s in the family

Ampullariidae Ampullariidae, commonly known as the apple snails, is a family of large freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks with a gill and an operculum. These snails simultaneously have a gill and a lung as functional respiratory structures, whi ...

, the apple snails.

Species

The genus Felipponea includes 3 species: * '' Felipponea elongata'' (Dall, 1921) * ''

Felipponea iheringi ''Felipponea'' is a genus of freshwater snails that have a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails. Species The genus Felipponea includes 3 species: * '' Felipponea elongata'' (Dall ...

'' (Pilsbry, 1933) * '' Felipponea neritiniformis'' (Dall, 1919) - type species (synonym: ''

Felipponea neritiformis ''Felipponea'' is a genus of freshwater snails that have a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails. Species The genus Felipponea includes 3 species: * '' Felipponea elongata'' (Dall ...

'' (Dall, 1919))

References

Ampullariidae {{Ampullariidae-stub