''Heleobia'' is a

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of small freshwater and

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s with a

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and an operculum, aquatic

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s in the family

Cochliopidae Cochliopidae is a family of small freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks. Paludestrina d'Orbigny, 1840 is an archaic synonym, and has been placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Names by ICZN ...

and the superfamily

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.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Heleobia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138080 on 2015-03-25 ''Heleobia'' is one of three genera (together with '' Semisalsa'' and '' Heleobops'') within the subfamily Semisalsinae.Kroll O., Hershler R., Albrecht C., Terrazas E. M., Apaza R., Fuentealba C., Wolff C. & Wilke T. (2012). "The endemic gastropod fauna of Lake Titicaca: correlation between molecular evolution and hydrographic history". ''

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'' 2(7): 1517-1530. . Some authors treated ''Semisalsa'' as a subgenus of ''Heleobia''.

Species

Species within the genus ''Heleobia'' include: *'' Heleobia andicola'' ( d’Orbigny, 1835) *'' Heleobia australis'' ( d’Orbigny) *'' Heleobia castellanosae'' (Gaillard, 1974) *'' Heleobia berryi'' (

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, 1924) *'' Heleobia charruana'' ( d’Orbigny, 1840) *'' Heleobia conexa'' (M. C. Gaillard, 1974) *'' Heleobia contempta'' ( Dautzenberg, 1894)Şereflişan H., Yildirim M. Z. & Şereflişan M. (2009). "The gastropod fauna and their abundance, and some physicochemical parameters of

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/ref> *'' Heleobia culminea'' ( d’Orbigny, 1840)
- the type species *'' Heleobia deserticola'' Collado, 2015 *'' Heleobia dobrogica'' Grossu & Negrea, 1989Andrzej Falniowski, Magdalena Szarowska, Ioan Sirbu, Alexandra Hillebrand, Mihai Baciu
''Heleobia dobrogica'' (Grossu & Negrea, 1989)(Gastropoda: Rissooidea: Cochliopidae) and the estimated time of its isolation in a continental analogue of hydrothermal vents
In: Molluscan Research 28(3): pp 165-170. 22 Dec 2008. ISSN 1323-5818 *'' Heleobia hatcheri'' (

, 1911)
*'' Heleobia isabelleana'' ( d’Orbigny, 1840) *'' Heleobia longiscata'' ( Bourguignat, 1856) *''

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'' ( d’Orbigny, 1835) *''

Heleobia piscium ''Heleobia'' is a genus of small freshwater and brackish water snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Cochliopidae and the superfamily Truncatelloidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Heleobia. Accessed thr ...

'' ( d’Orbigny, 1835)
*'' Heleobia robusta'' da Silva & Veitenheimer-Mendes, 2004 *''Helobia Dobrica ;Species brought into synonymy: * subgenus ''Heleobia (Semisalsa)'' Radoman, 1974: synonym of '' Semisalsa'' Radoman, 1974 *''Heleobia dalmatica'' (Radoman, 1974): synonym of '' Semisalsa dalmatica'' Radoman, 1974 *''Heleobia stagnorum'' (

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, 1791):Gofas, S. (2011). ''Heleobia stagnorum'' (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140122 on 2011-06-14 synonym of '' Semisalsa stagnorum'' (

, 1791)

References

* Hershler R. & Thompson F.G. (1992) ''A review of the aquatic gastropod subfamily Cochliopinae (Prosobranchia: Hydrobiidae).'' Malacological Review suppl. 5: 1-140.

External links

Genus taxon summary for ''Heleobia''
AnimalBase.

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