Benedictia

Benedictia is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Lithoglyphidae.[3]

Benedictia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Lithoglyphidae
Subfamily:
Benedictiinae
Genus:
Benedictia

Dybowski, 1875[1]
Diversity[2]
10 species

Benedictia is the type genus of the subfamily Benedictiinae.[3]

Distribution

The genus Benedictia is endemic to Lake Baikal.[4]

Species

Species within the genus Benedictia include:

  • Benedictia baicalensis (Gerstfeldt, 1859)[2][4]
  • Benedictia distinguenda Lindholm, 1924[2]
    • Benedictia distinguenda lamuana Sitnikova, 1987[2]
  • Benedictia fragilis W. Dybowski, 1875 - type species[2]
  • Benedictia kotyensis Matiokin, Dzuban & Sitnikova, 1988[2][5]
  • Benedictia limnaeoides (Schrenck, 1867)[2]
    • Benedictia limnaeoides ongurensis Kozhov, 1936[2]
    • Benedictia limnaeoides litoralis Kozhov, 1936[2]
  • Benedictia maxima (W. Dybowski, 1875)[2][4]
    • Benedictia maxima marisminus Sitnikova, 1987[2]
  • Benedictia nana Beckman & Starobogatov, 1975 [2]
  • Benedictia pulchella Sitnikova, 1987[2]
  • Benedictia pulchella sarmensis Sitnikova, 1987[2]
  • Benedictia pumyla (Lindholm, 1924)[2]
  • Benedictia shadini Beckman & Starobogatov, 1975[2]

References
  1. Dybowski W. (1875). "Die Gastropoden-Fauna des Baikal-Sees, anatomisch und systematisch bearbeitet". Mémories de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.Pétersbourg (7)22(8), 73 pp. page 4.
  2. 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
  3. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  4. Hausdorf, Bernhard; Röpstorf, Peter; Riedel, Frank (2003). "Relationships and origin of endemic Lake Baikal gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 26 (3): 435–43. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00365-2. PMID 12644402..
  5. (in Russian) 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.


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