Borysthenia

Updated on Dec 31, 2023

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Valvatidae		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Valvatoidea Rank Genus
Similar Borysthenia naticina, Valvatidae, Valvata cristata, Valvata piscinalis, Valvatoidea

Borysthenia is a genus of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.

The aperture of Borysthenia is not circular. Animals are ovoviviparous.

Species

The genus Borysthenia contains the following species:

† Borysthenia goldfussiana (Wüst, 1901)

† Borysthenia intermedia Kondrashov, 2007 - from the Middle Pleistocene of Oka-Don Plain

Borysthenia menkeana (Jelski, 1863)

Borysthenia naticina (Menke, 1845) - type species as Valvata jelskii Crosse, 1863

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