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Benedictia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Rissooidea

Subfamily
  
Benedictiinae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Lithoglyphidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Similar
  
Choanomphalus, Amnicolidae, Lithoglyphus, Lithoglyphus naticoides, Valvatidae

Benedictia is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Lithoglyphidae.

Contents

Benedictia is the type genus of the subfamily Benedictiinae.

Distribution

The genus Benedictia is endemic to Lake Baikal.

Species

Species within the genus Benedictia include:

  • Benedictia baicalensis (Gerstfeldt, 1859)
  • Benedictia distinguenda Lindholm, 1924
  • Benedictia distinguenda lamuana Sitnikova, 1987
  • Benedictia fragilis W. Dybowski, 1875 - type species
  • Benedictia kotyensis Matiokin, Dzuban & Sitnikova, 1988
  • Benedictia limnaeoides (Schrenck, 1867)
  • Benedictia limnaeoides ongurensis Kozhov, 1936
  • Benedictia limnaeoides litoralis Kozhov, 1936
  • Benedictia maxima (W. Dybowski, 1875)
  • Benedictia maxima marisminus Sitnikova, 1987
  • Benedictia nana Beckman & Starobogatov, 1975
  • Benedictia pulchella Sitnikova, 1987
  • Benedictia pulchella sarmensis Sitnikova, 1987
  • Benedictia pumyla (Lindholm, 1924)
  • Benedictia shadini Beckman & Starobogatov, 1975
  • References

    Benedictia Wikipedia