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Phreatodrobia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Rissooidea

Scientific name
  
Phreatodrobia

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Lithoglyphidae

Higher classification
  
Hydrobiidae

Similar
  
Molluscs, Hydrobiidae, Gastropods

Phreatodrobia is a genus of very small or minute freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Lithoglyphidae.

The generic name Phreatodrobia is derived from the Greek word "phreatos" which means ground water, as in phreatic, and from the suffix -drobia based on family name Hydrobiidae (where it was originally classified), which means "living in water".

Species

Species within the genus Phreatodrobia include:

  • Phreatodrobia conica Hershler & Longley, 1986
  • Phreatodrobia coronae Hershler, 1987
  • Phreatodrobia imitata Hershler & Longley, 1986 - mimic cavesnail
  • Phreatodrobia micra (Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906) - type species
  • Phreatodrobia nugax (Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906)
  • Phreatodrobia nugax inclinata Hershler & Longley, 1986
  • Phreatodrobia plana Hershler & Longley, 1986
  • Phreatodrobia punctata Hershler & Longley, 1986
  • Phreatodrobia rotunda Hershler & Longley, 1986
  • References

    Phreatodrobia Wikipedia