Superfamily Rissooidea Rank Family | Class Gastropoda | |
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Similar Amnicolidae, Lithoglyphus, Lithoglyphus naticoides, Bithyniidae, Cochliopidae |
Lithoglyphidae is a family of small freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.
Contents
This family is in the superfamily Rissooidea and in the clade Littorinimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Taxonomy
Taylor (1966), Ponder & Warén (1988) and Kabat & Hershler (1993) considered this taxon as a subfamily Lithoglyphinae within Hydrobiidae. Radoman (1983) considered Lithoglyphidae as a separate family. Bernasconi (1992) considered this taxon as a tribe Lithoglyphini in the Hydrobiinae within Hydrobiidae.
2005 taxonomy
The family Lithoglyphidae consists of 2 subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005. It follows Wilke et al. (2001), Hausdorf et al. (2003) and includes Lepyriidae according to Thompson (1984).
Genera
Genera within the family Lithoglyphidae include:
subfamily Lithoglyphinae
subfamily Benedictiinae
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