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Amnicola

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Amnicola
Drawing of the shell of Amnicola dalli with an operculum.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Amnicolidae
Subfamily: Amnicolinae
Genus: Amnicola
Gould & Haldeman, 1840[1]

Amnicola is a genus of very small freshwater snails which have an operculum. Amnicola species are aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Amnicolidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Amnicola is the type genus of the family Amnicolidae.[2]

Species

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Species in the genus Amnicola include:[3]

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ Gould A. A. & Haldeman S. S. (1840). In: Haldeman, Mon. Limniades N. Amer., (1), iii, 3.
  2. ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  3. ^ "Amnicola". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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