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Valvata

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Valvata piscinalis.png

| image_caption = a live Valvata piscinalis

| image2 = Valvata cristata drawing.jpg

| image2_caption = Drawing: two views of a shell of Valvata cristata, the type species of the genus Valvata

| taxon = Valvata

| authority = O. F. Müller, 1773Müller O. F. (1773). Vermivm terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Voluminis Imi pars Ima., pp. [1-33], 1-135. Havniae & Lipsiae. (Heineck & Faber).

| type_species = Valvata cristata

| type_species_authority = O. F. Müller, 1774

}}

Valvata is a genus of very small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Valvata O. F. Müller, 1774. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153994 on 2014-11-15

Synonyms

  • Cincinna Hübner, 1810 · accepted, alternate representation (Cincinna is treated as subgenus of Valvata)
  • Cincinna (Atropidina) Lindholm, 1906 (subgenus-genus combination invalid; Atropidina is considered a junior synonym of Tropidina or Cincinna (depending on source); to avoid problems we refer to Valvata only)
  • Cincinna (Cincinna) Hübner, 1810 (Cincinna is treated as subgenus of Valvata)
  • Gyrorbis Fitzinger, 1833 (junior synonym (?))
  • Planorbis (Gyrorbis) Fitzinger, 1833 (junior synonym (?))
  • Valvata (Atropidina) Lindholm, 1906 (type species of Atropidina (Valvata pulchella Studer, 1789) is considered a junior synonym of V. (Cincinna) piscinalis; however, FE ranks Atropidina as synonym of Tropidina (type species: V. macrostoma Mörch, 1864); to avoid problems we refer to Valvata)

Species

Species in the genus: Valvata O.F. Müller, 1773 include:[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=70346 ITIS report for Valvata]. Accessed 19 November 2008.

(All the European species are included in this list.)

File:Valvata oregonensis.jpg. Width: 8.0 mm, height: 5.0 mm.]]

;Species brought into synonymy:

  • † Valvata euomphalus Fuchs, 1877: synonym of † Graecamnicola euomphalus (Fuchs, 1877)
  • † Valvata (Aphanotylus) pseudoadeorboides Sinzov, 1880: synonym of † Valvata pseudoadeorbis Sinzov, 1880
  • † Valvata (Cincinna) gaudryana Tournouër, 1866: synonym of † Valvata inflata Sandberger, 1875
  • † Valvata (Valvata) simplex bicincta Fuchs, 1870: synonym of † Muellerpalia bicincta (Fuchs, 1870)

References

{{Reflist}}

  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). {{ISBN|0-915826-22-4}}. XII, 195 pp.

External links

{{Commons category|Valvata}}

  • [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=82075 Valvata] in The Paleobiology Database

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Category:Valvatidae

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