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Viviparus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Viviparidae

Scientific name
  
Viviparus

Higher classification
  
Viviparidae

Superfamily
  
Viviparoidea

Subfamily
  
Viviparinae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Viviparus viviparus, Viviparus contectus, Viviparus georgianus

Giant snail in aquarium viviparus linnaeus


Viviparus, common name the river snails, is a genus of large, freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.

Contents

Viviparus Fact Sheet Viviparus viviparus

They are primitive members of the clade Caenogastropoda. The old name of the genus used to be Paludina.

Distribution

This genus is palaearctic in distribution, and is known from the Jurassic to the Recent periods.

Species

Viviparus Fact Sheet Viviparus viviparus

Viviparus belongs to the subfamily Viviparinae. Its taxonomy is currently under development and many of its species are often included in other related genera. It includes the following species:

Species brought into synonymy

  • † Viviparus bifarcinatus stricturatus Neumayr, 1869 : synonym of † Viviparus woodwardi Brusina, 1885
  • † Viviparus dezmanianus dacicus Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985: synonym of † Viviparus dezmanianus turbureensis Fontannes, 1887
  • † Viviparus incertus Macarovici, 1940: synonym of † Viviparus wesselinghi Neubauer, Harzhauser, Georgopoulou, Mandic & Kroh, 2014
  • Viviparus malleatus Reeve: synonym of Cipangopaludina malleata (Reeve, 1863)
  • † Viviparus rudis strossmayerianus Brusina, 1874: synonym of † Viviparus strossmayerianus Brusina, 1874
  • † Viviparus woodwardi argesiensis (Stefanescu, 1896): synonym of † Viviparus argesiensis (Stefanescu, 1896)

    • Viviparus AnimalBase Viviparus viviparus species homepage

    Viviparus AnimalBase Viviparus contectus species homepage

    References

    Viviparus Wikipedia
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