Viviparus
Sign in to saveViviparus, commonly known as the river snails, is a genus of large, freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs.
Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderArchitaenioglossa
- FamilyViviparidae
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- Parent taxon
- Viviparidae
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Viviparus, commonly known as the river snails, is a genus of large, freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs.
They are primitive members of the clade Caenogastropoda. The old name of the genus was Paludina.