Lymnaeoidea Explained

Lymnaeoidea, commonly known as pond snails, is a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing freshwater snails that belong to the superorder Hygrophila.^[1]

Families

• Acroloxidae Thiele, 1931
• Bulinidae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1880
• Burnupiidae Albrecht, 2017
• Clivunellidae Kochansky-Devidé & Slišković, 1972 †
• Lymnaeidae Rafinesque, 1815
• Physidae Fitzinger, 1833
• Planorbidae Rafinesque, 1815

Families brought into synonymy:

• Ancylidae Rafinesque, 1815: synonym of Ancylinae Rafinesque, 1815
• Limnophysidae W. Dybowski, 1903: synonym of Lymnaeidae Rafinesque, 1815 (a junior synonym)
• Rhodacmeidae B. Walker, 1917 : synonym of Ancylinae Rafinesque, 1815(a junior synonym)

References

• Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526

External links

• Saadi, A. J.; Davison, A.; Wade, C. M. (2020). Molecular phylogeny of freshwater snails and limpets (Panpulmonata: Hygrophila). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Lymnaeoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=489336 on 2020-06-27