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Viviparus

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Viviparus
Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent
Apertural view of a shell of Viviparus contectus with operculum in place
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Viviparoidea
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Viviparus
Montfort, 1810[1]
Type species
Viviparus fluviorum
Montfort, 1810
Synonyms[2]
  • Contectiana Bourguignat, 1880 (junior synonym)
  • Contectiana (Contectiana) Bourguignat, 1880 (junior synonym)
  • Paludina Férussac, 1812
  • Paludina (Vivipara) Montfort, 1810 (Paludina is a junior synonym of Viviparus)
  • Vivipara (incorrect subsequent spelling)

Viviparus, commonly known as the river snails, is a genus of large, freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs.[2]

They are primitive members of the clade Caenogastropoda. The old name of the genus was Paludina.

Distribution

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This genus is palaearctic in distribution,[3] and is known from the Jurassic to the Recent.[4]

Species

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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:[5]

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[7] 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

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  1. ^ Montfort D. de (1810). Conchyliologie systématique, et classification méthodique des coquilles; offrant leurs figures, leur arrangement générique, leurs descriptions caractéristiques, leurs noms; ainsi que leur synonymie en plusieurs langues. Ouvrage destiné à faciliter l'étude des coquilles, ainsi que leur disposition dans les cabinets d'histoire naturelle. Coquilles univalves, non cloisonnées. Tome second. pp. [1-3], 1-676. Paris. (Schoell).
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2014). Viviparus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154004 on 2014-11-13
  3. ^ Janus Horst. 1965. The young specialist looks at land and freshwater molluscs. Burke, London.
  4. ^ (in Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn. V. & Mikuláš R.: Základy zoopaleontologie. - Olomouc, 1996. 264 pp., ISBN 80-7067-599-3.
  5. ^ "Theba geminata, codringtonia". ipp.boku.ac.at. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  6. ^ Vázquez A. A. & Perera S. (2010). "Endemic Freshwater molluscs of Cuba and their conservation status". Tropical Conservation Science 3 (2): 190–199. HTM, PDF.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "ITIS Standard Report Page: Viviparus". itis.gov. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  8. ^ United States Geological Survey. (2011). "Viviparus subpurpureus". USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?SpeciesID=2769 Accessed 29 March 2011.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
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