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Cochliopidae
Sign in to saveCochliopidae is a family of small freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyCochliopidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 41
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Cochliopidae
- Collections
- EARDC, USNM, DMNH, JFBM, INHS
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Suriname, Peru
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- 2005 taxonomy
- Genera
- Cladogram
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Cochliopidae is a family of small freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.
Paludestrina d'Orbigny, 1840 is an archaic synonym, and has been placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Names by ICZN Opinion 2202.
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