Hydrobia
Encyclopedia
Hydrobia is a genus
of very small brackish water
snail
s with a gill
and an operculum
, aquatic
gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae
.
Species brought into synonymy :
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 brackish water
Brackish water
Brackish water is water that has more salinity than fresh water, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing of seawater with fresh water, as in estuaries, or it may occur in brackish fossil aquifers. The word comes from the Middle Dutch root "brak," meaning "salty"...
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 with 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...
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 Hydrobia include:- Hydrobia acutaHydrobia acutaHydrobia acuta is a species of very small brackish water snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.-Distribution:...
(Draparnaud, 1805)- subspecies Hydrobia acuta neglecta Muus, 1963 - synonym: Hydrobia neglecta Muus, 1963
- Hydrobia antarctica Philippi, 1868
- Hydrobia djerbaensisHydrobia djerbaensisHydrobia djerbaensis is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae....
Wilke, Pfenninger & Davis, 2002 - Hydrobia glycaHydrobia glycaHydrobia glyca is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae....
(Servain, 1880) - Hydrobia pumilio E. A. Smith, 1875
- Hydrobia salsa
- Hydrobia scamandriHydrobia scamandriHydrobia scamandri is a species of small brackish water snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.-References:* Bouchet, P. 1996. .* Downloaded on 7 August 2007....
(Boeters, Monod & Vala, 1977) - Hydrobia ulvae (Pennant, 1777)
Species brought into synonymy :
- Hydrobia joossei van Aartsen, Menkhorst & Gittenberger, 1984 : synonym of Hydrobia glyca (Servain, 1880)
- Hydrobia minuta Totten : synonym of Ecrobia truncata (Vanatta, 1924)
- Hydrobia neglecta Muus, 1963 : synonym of Hydrobia acuta neglecta Muus, 1963
- Hydrobia stagnalis Baster, 1765 : synonym of Heleobia stagnorumHeleobia stagnorumHeleobia stagnorum is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Cochliopidae....
(Gmelin, 1791) - Hydrobia stagnorum (Gmelin, 1791) : synonym of Heleobia stagnorumHeleobia stagnorumHeleobia stagnorum is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Cochliopidae....
(Gmelin, 1791) - Hydrobia totteni Morrison, 1954 : synonym of Ecrobia truncata (Vanatta, 1924)
- Hydrobia truncata (Vanatta, 1924): synonym of Ecrobia truncata (Vanatta, 1924)
- Hydrobia ventrosa (Montague, 1803) : synonym of Ecrobia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803)