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Lithoglyphidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Rissooidea

Rank
  
Family

Class
  
Gastropoda

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Lithoglyphidae

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).

  • subfamily Lithoglyphinae Tryon, 1866 - synonyms: Fluminicolinae Clessin, 1880; Lepyriidae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1951
  • subfamily Benedictiinae Clessin, 1880

    • Genera

    Genera within the family Lithoglyphidae include:

    subfamily Lithoglyphinae

  • Clappia Walker, 1909
  • Fluminicola Stimpson, 1865
  • Gillia Stimpson, 1865 - with the only species Gillia altilis (I. Lea, 1841)
  • Lepyrium Dall, 1896 - with the only species Lepyrium showalteri (I. Lea, 1861) - Flat pebblesnail
  • Lithoglyphus Menke, 1830 - type genus of the family Lithoglyphidae
  • Shadinia Akramowski, 1976
  • Somatogyrus Gill, 1863
  • † Tanousia Servain, 1881

    • subfamily Benedictiinae

  • Benedictia W. Dybowski, 1875 - type genus of the subfamily Benedictiinae
  • Kobeltocochlea Lindholm, 1909
  • Pseudobenedictia Sitnikova, 1987 - with the only species Pseudobenedictia michnoi (Lindholm, 1929)
  • Yaroslawiella Sitnikova, 2001 - with the only species Yaroslawiella eximia Sitnikova, 2001

    • subfamily ?

  • Antrorbis Hershler & Thompson, 1990 - with the only species Antrorbis breweri Hershler & Thompson, 1990 - Manitou cavesnail
  • Holsingeria Hershler, 1989
  • Phreatodrobia Hershler & Longley, 1986
  • Potamolithus Pilsbry, 1896
  • Pterides Pilsbry, 1909

    • References

    Lithoglyphidae Wikipedia
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