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Stenothyridae

(Family)

Overview

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Stenothyridae is a family of freshwater snails, snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rissooidea.3]

This family has no subfamilies.[3]

Distribution

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There are known about 60 freshwater species of Stenothyridae in the Palearctic (6 species), Oriental (about 60 species) and Australasian region (about 5 species)[2] and some marine. There are 19 endemic species of Stenothyridae in the Lower Mekong River flowing through Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.[2]

Description

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American malacologist George Washington Tryon firstly defined this taxon as Stenothyrin? in 1866.[1] Tryon's diagnosis reads as follows:[1]

Genus Gabbia is classified in Bithyniidae nowadays.

Genera

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Genera within the family Stenothyridae include:

Ecology

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The habitat of Stenothyridae include rivers, streams and estuaries.[2] Stenothyridae invaded freshwater habitats from marine ones in at least one independent lineage.[2] Some species of Stenothyridae are euryhaline and/or marine.[2] Probably there are some amphidromous (migrate from freshwater to the sea) species of Stenothyridae.[2]

i>c d Tryon G. W. (1866). "[Book review of] Researches upon the Hydrobiinae and allied forms by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, 8 vol. Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, August 1865. 58 pp". American Journal of Conchology 2(2): 152-158. page 155.
  • ^ a b c d e f g Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149-166. http://hdl.handle.net/10088/7390 doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9012-6.
  • ^ a b c Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Fr?da J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Vald?s ?. & War?n A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1?397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst. 
  • ^ "Stenothyridae". The Taxonomicon, last update 21 March 2011, accessed 23 July 2011.

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    Taxonomy

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    The Family Stenothyridae is a member of the Superfamily Rissooidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Stenothyridae:

    The Family Stenothyridae is further organized into finer groupings including:

    Genera

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    Gangetia

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    Stenothyra

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    At least 44 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Stenothyra.

    More info about the Genus Stenothyra may be found here.

    References

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    This article incorporates public domain text from the reference[1]

    1. ^ a b c d Tryon G. W. (1866). "[Book review of] Researches upon the Hydrobiinae and allied forms by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, 8 vol. Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, August 1865. 58 pp". American Journal of Conchology 2(2): 152-158. page 155.
    2. ^ a b c d e f g Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149-166. http://hdl.handle.net/10088/7390 doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9012-6.
    3. ^ a b c Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Fr?da J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Vald?s ?. & War?n A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1?397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst. 
    4. ^ "Stenothyridae". The Taxonomicon, last update 21 March 2011, accessed 23 July 2011.

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    Last Revised: August 24, 2012
    2012/08/24 13:43:34