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Valvatidae
Sign in to saveValvatidae, the valve snails, is a taxonomic family of very small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.
Species
valve snails
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- FamilyValvatidae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 179
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Valvatidae
- Collections
- UCM, YPM, CM, FMNH
- Recorded in
- United States, Romania
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Encyclopedic overview
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Valvatidae, the valve snails, is a taxonomic family of very small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.
== Taxonomy == The family Valvatidae has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
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