Benedictia Explained

Benedictia is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Lithoglyphidae.

Benedictia is the type genus of the subfamily Benedictiinae.

Distribution

The genus Benedictia is endemic to Lake Baikal.

Species

Species within the genus Benedictia include:

• Benedictia baicalensis (Gerstfeldt, 1859)^{[1] [2]}
• Benedictia distinguenda Lindholm, 1924^[1]
  • Benedictia distinguenda lamuana Sitnikova, 1987^[1]
• Benedictia fragilis W. Dybowski, 1875 - type species^[1]
• Benedictia kotyensis Matiokin, Dzuban & Sitnikova, 1988^{[1] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on March 2, 2010). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". Version 2.3.1
2. 12644402. 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00365-2. Relationships and origin of endemic Lake Baikal gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. 2003. Hausdorf. Bernhard. Röpstorf. Peter. Riedel. Frank. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 26. 3. 435–43. .
3. Матекин П. В., Дзубан Т. А. & Ситникова Т. Я. [Matiokin P. V., Dzuban T. A.] & Sitnikova T. Ya. (1988). "О новом виде рода Benedictia (Gastropoda, Benedictiidae) из озера Байкал". ["New species of the genus ''Benedictia'' (Gastropoda, Benedictiidae) from Baikal Lake". ''Зоологический Журнал'' ''[[Zoologicheskij Zhurnal]] 67(1): 129-135.
   • Benedictia limnaeoides (Schrenck, 1867)
     • Benedictia limnaeoides ongurensis Kozhov, 1936
     • Benedictia limnaeoides litoralis Kozhov, 1936
   • Benedictia maxima (W. Dybowski, 1875)
     • Benedictia maxima marisminus Sitnikova, 1987
   • Benedictia nana Beckman & Starobogatov, 1975
   • Benedictia pulchella Sitnikova, 1987
   • Benedictia pulchella sarmensis Sitnikova, 1987
   • Benedictia pumyla (Lindholm, 1924)
   • Benedictia shadini Beckman & Starobogatov, 1975

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