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Viviparus
Sign in to saveViviparus, commonly known as the river snails, is a genus of large, freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs.
Species
river snails
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderArchitaenioglossa
- FamilyViviparidae
Die Gattung Viviparus umfasst Süßwasserschnecken aus der Familie der Sumpfdeckelschnecken (Ordnung Architaenioglossa). Sie ist bereits seit dem Jura nachgewiesen. Die Gattungsbezeichnung Viviparus bedeutet zwar „lebendgebärend“, doch genau genommen produzieren die weiblichen Tiere Eier, die aber im unteren Eileiter ausgetragen statt abgelegt werden (Ovoviviparie).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 844
- With media
- 242
- Family
- Viviparidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, PRI, UCMP, UCM, UWBM
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, China, Germany, Philippines, United States, Dr Congo, France
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Viviparidae
- Image
- Viviparus contectus met operculum2.JPG
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- Viviparus
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Viviparus
- topic's main category
- Category:Viviparus
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
- Species brought into synonymy
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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.
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