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Hydrobia

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Hydrobia
Apertural view of a shell of Hydrobia ulvae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Hydrobia
Hartmann, 1821[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Hydrobia (Littorinella) Herrmannsen, 1847
  • Leachia Risso, 1826 (Rejected name (ICZN Opinion 2161), preoccupied by Leachia Lesueur, 1821 [Cephalopoda])
  • Litorinella Braun, 1843
  • Peringia Paladilhe, 1874

Hydrobia is a genus of very small brackish water snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.[2]

Species

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Species within the genus Hydrobia include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ Hartmann W. 1821. "System der Erd- und Flußschnecken der Schweiz. Mit vergleichender Aufzählung aller auch in den benachbarten Ländern, Deutschland, Frankreich und Italien sich vorfindenden Arten". Neue Alpina 1: 194-268, Tab I-II [= 1-2]. Winterthur.
  2. ^ a b Gofas, S. (2011). Hydrobia Hartmann, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138081 on 2011-06-14
  • Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
  • Eneman, E. (1984). Uit het Natuurhistorisch Archief [From the Natural History Archive]. De Strandvlo 4(1): 4-17
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda