Beddomeia Explained

Beddomeia is a genus of very small freshwater snails that have a gill and an operculum, aquatic operculate gastropod mollusks in the family Tateidae.

Species

Species within the genus Beddomeia include:^[1]

• Beddomeia acheronensis
  • Beddomeia acheronensis absona
  • Beddomeia acheronensis acheronensis
• Beddomeia angulata Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia averni Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia bellii Petterd, 1889
• Beddomeia bowryensis Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia briansmithi Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia camensis Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia capensis Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia fallax Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia forthensis Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia franklandensis Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia franklinensis Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia fromensis Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia fultoni Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia gibba Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia hallae Petterd, 1889
• Beddomeia hermansi Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia hullii Petterd, 1889
• Beddomeia inflata Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia kershawi Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia kessneri Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia krybetes Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia launcestonensis (Johnston, 1879)
• Beddomeia lodderae Petterd, 1889
• Beddomeia mesibovi Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia minima Petterd, 1889
• Beddomeia petterdi Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia pallida Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia paludinella Reeve, 1857
  • Beddomeia paludinella levenensis Ponder & Clark, 1993
  • Beddomeia paludinella paludinella Reeve, 1857
• Beddomeia phasianella Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia protuberata Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia ronaldi Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia salmonis Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia tasmanica (Tenison-Woods, 1876)
• Beddomeia topsiae Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia trochiformis Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia tumida Petterd, 1889
• Beddomeia turnerae Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia waterhouseae Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia wilmotensis Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia wiseae Ponder & Clark, 1993
• Beddomeia zeehanensis Ponder & Clark, 1993

References

• Ancey, C. F. (1898). Notes malacologiques. A – Observation sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillies dans ľIndo-Chine et particulièrement au Laos par Henri Counillon. B – Description ďespèces nouvelle du centre ďAfrique; C – Notes sur quelques coupes génériques ou sous-génériques de Mollusques. D – Description ďun mollusque méditerranéen nouveau. Bulletin du Musée ďHistoire Naturelle de Marseille. Série II 1(1): 125–150.

External links

• Petterd W.F. (1889). Contributions for a systematic catalogue of the aquatic shells of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. (1888): 60-82, pls 1-4.
• Brazier, J. (1896). On the new genus Petterdiana. Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 105
• Ponder . Winston . Winston Ponder . Clark. G . Miller. A . Toluzzi. A . 1993 . On a major radiation of freshwater snails in Tasmania and eastern Victoria: a preliminary overview of the Beddomeia group (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Hydrobiidae) . Invertebrate Systematics . 7 . 3 . 501–750 . 10.1071/IT9930501 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Beddomeia Petterd, 1889 : Working classification. Atlas of Living Australia. 17 July 2014.