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Valvata

Genus of gastropods

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Valvata is a genus of very small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.

01Synonyms

  • Cincinna Hübner, 1810 · accepted, alternate representation (Cincinna is treated as subgenus of Valvata)
  • Cincinna (Atropidina) Lindholm, 1906 (subgenus-genus combination invalid; Atropidina is considered a junior synonym of Tropidina or Cincinna (depending on source); to avoid problems we refer to Valvata only)
  • Cincinna (Cincinna) Hübner, 1810 (Cincinna is treated as subgenus of Valvata)
  • Gyrorbis Fitzinger, 1833 (junior synonym (?))
  • Planorbis (Gyrorbis) Fitzinger, 1833 (junior synonym (?))
  • Valvata (Atropidina) Lindholm, 1906 (type species of Atropidina (Valvata pulchella Studer, 1789) is considered a junior synonym of V. (Cincinna) piscinalis; however, FE ranks Atropidina as synonym of Tropidina (type species: V. macrostoma Mörch, 1864); to avoid problems we refer to Valvata)
Two views of the type specimen of Valvata oregonensis. Width: 8.0 mm, height: 5.0 mm.
Two views of the type specimen of Valvata oregonensis. Width: 8.0 mm, height: 5.0 mm.

02Species

Species in the genus: Valvata O.F. Müller, 1773 include:

(All the European species are included in this list.)

Species brought into synonymy
  • Valvata euomphalus Fuchs, 1877: synonym of † Graecamnicola euomphalus (Fuchs, 1877)
  • Valvata (Aphanotylus) pseudoadeorboides Sinzov, 1880: synonym of † Valvata pseudoadeorbis Sinzov, 1880
  • Valvata (Cincinna) gaudryana Tournouër, 1866: synonym of † Valvata inflata Sandberger, 1875
  • Valvata (Valvata) simplex bicincta Fuchs, 1870: synonym of † Muellerpalia bicincta (Fuchs, 1870)
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