Segmentina
Segmentina is a genus of very small, air-breathing, freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails.
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Subfamily: | Planorbinae |
Tribe: | Segmentinini |
Genus: | Segmentina |
Albrecht et al. (2007)[2] have confirmed the placement of this genus in the tribe Segmentinini within subfamily Planorbinae.[2]
Species
Species in this genus include:
- Segmentina nitida (Müller, 1774)
- Segmentina paparyensis (Baker, 1914)[3]
References
- Fleming (1818). Ency. Brit. (Suppl. to eds. 4-6), 3(1): 309.
- Albrecht C., Kuhn K. & Streit B. (2007). "A molecular phylogeny of Planorboidea (Gastropoda, Pulmonata): insights from enhanced taxon sampling". Zoologica Scripta 36: 27-39. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00258.x.
- "Name - Segmentina paparyensis Baker 1914". Organismnames.com. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
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