Wattebledia
| Wattebledia | |
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| Apertural view of the shell of Wattebledia crosseana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Bithyniidae |
| Genus: | Wattebledia Crosse, 1886[1] |
Wattebledia is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae.
The generic name Wattebledia is in honor of French malacologist Gustave-Éduard Joseph Wattebled (1844-1886).
Distribution
The native distribution of this species includes Thailand (3 species).[2]
Species
Species in the genus Wattebledia include:
- Wattebledia baschi (Brandt, 1968)[2]
- Wattebledia crosseana (Wattebled, 1886)[2]
- Wattebledia siamensis (Moellendorff, 1902)[2]
References
- ↑ Crosse H. (1886). J. Conchyliol. 34: 79.
- 1 2 3 4 Kulsantiwong J., Prasopdee S., Ruangsittichai J., Ruangjirachuporn W., Boonmars T., Viyanant V., Pierossi P., Hebert P. D. N. & Tesana S. (2013). "DNA Barcode Identification of Freshwater Snails in the Family Bithyniidae from Thailand". PLoS ONE 8(11): e79144. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079144.
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