Beddomeia
Encyclopedia
Beddomeia is a genus
of very small freshwater
snail
s that have a gill
and an operculum
, aquatic
operculate gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of very small freshwater
Freshwater
Fresh water is naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and...
snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s that have a gill
Gill
A gill is a respiratory organ found in many aquatic organisms that extracts dissolved oxygen from water, afterward excreting carbon dioxide. The gills of some species such as hermit crabs have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they are kept moist...
and an operculum
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
, aquatic
Aquatic animal
An aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in water for most or all of its life. It may breathe air or extract its oxygen from that dissolved in water through specialised organs called gills, or directly through its skin. Natural environments and the animals that...
operculate gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae
Hydrobiidae
Hydrobiidae, common name mud snails, is a large cosmopolitan taxonomic family of very small freshwater snails and brackish water snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.- Distribution :...
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Species
Species within the genus Beddomia include:- Beddomeia angulataBeddomeia angulataBeddomeia angulata is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia, which means that it would be uncommon for it to be sighted in the United States of...
- Beddomeia averniBeddomeia averniBeddomeia averni is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia belliiBeddomeia belliiBeddomeia bellii is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia bowryensisBeddomeia bowryensisBeddomeia bowryensis is a species of gastropod in the Hydrobiidae family. It isis a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:* Ponder, W.F. 1996. . ...
- Beddomeia briansmithiBeddomeia briansmithiBeddomeia briansmithi is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia camensisBeddomeia camensisBeddomeia camensis is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia capensisBeddomeia capensisBeddomeia capensis is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia fallaxBeddomeia fallaxBeddomeia fallax is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia forthensisBeddomeia forthensisBeddomeia forthensis is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia franklandensisBeddomeia franklandensisBeddomeia franklandensis is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia fromensisBeddomeia fromensisBeddomeia fromensis is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia fultoniBeddomeia fultoniBeddomeia fultoni is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia gibbaBeddomeia gibbaBeddomeia gibba is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia hallaeBeddomeia hallaeBeddomeia hallae is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia hulliiBeddomeia hulliiBeddomeia hulliiis a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia inflataBeddomeia inflataBeddomeia inflata is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia kershawiBeddomeia kershawiBeddomeia kershawi is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia....
- Beddomeia kessneriBeddomeia kessneriBeddomeia kessneri is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species isendemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia krybetesBeddomeia krybetesBeddomeia krybetes is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia launcestonensisBeddomeia launcestonensisBeddomeia launcestonensis is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia lodderaeBeddomeia lodderaeBeddomeia lodderae is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia mesiboviBeddomeia mesiboviBeddomeia mesibovi is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia minimaBeddomeia minimaBeddomeia minima is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia petterdiBeddomeia petterdiBeddomeia petterdi is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia phasianellaBeddomeia phasianellaBeddomeia phasianella is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia protuberataBeddomeia protuberataBeddomeia protuberata is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia ronaldiBeddomeia ronaldiBeddomeia ronaldi is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia salmonisBeddomeia salmonisBeddomeia salmonis is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia tasmanicaBeddomeia tasmanicaBeddomeia tasmanica is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia topsiaeBeddomeia topsiaeBeddomeia topsiae is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia trochiformisBeddomeia trochiformisBeddomeia trochiformis is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia tumidaBeddomeia tumida†Beddomeia tumida was a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species was endemic to Australia but is now extinct.-References:...
- Beddomeia turneraeBeddomeia turneraeBeddomeia turnerae is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia waterhouseaeBeddomeia waterhouseaeBeddomeia waterhouseae is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia wilmotensisBeddomeia wilmotensisBeddomeia wilmotensis is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia wiseaeBeddomeia wiseaeBeddomeia wiseae is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...
- Beddomeia zeehanensisBeddomeia zeehanensisBeddomeia zeehanensis is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Australia.-References:...