• Source: Viviparus

Viviparus, commonly known as the river snails, is a genus of large, freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs.
They are primitive members of the clade Caenogastropoda. The old name of the genus was Paludina.




Distribution


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




Species


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

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† 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, 1863 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)




References



Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.




External links


Media related to Viviparus at Wikimedia Commons

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Zoarces
• Bambu ampel
• Nastus
• Zoarcoidei
• Puital
• Viviparus
• Viviparus viviparus
• Viviparous eelpout
• Dictyocaulus viviparus
• Viviparus georgianus
• Sebastes viviparus
• Viviparus bermondianus
• Kanakysaurus viviparus
• Dictyocaulus
• Filopaludina bengalensis