Viviparus, commonly known as the river snails, is a genus of large, freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs.[2]
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| Apertural view of a shell of Viviparus contectus with operculum in place | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Viviparoidea |
| Family: | Viviparidae |
| Genus: | Viviparus Montfort, 1810[1] |
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| Viviparus fluviorum Montfort, 1810
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They are primitive members of the clade Caenogastropoda. The old name of the genus was Paludina.
Distribution
editThis genus is palaearctic in distribution,[3] and is known from the Jurassic to the Recent.[4]
Species
editViviparus belongs to the subfamily Viviparinae. Its taxonomy is currently under development and many of its species are often included in other related genera. It includes the following species:[5]
- † Viviparus achatinoides (Deshayes, 1838)
- Viviparus acerosus (Bourguignat, 1862)
- † Viviparus aitaiensis Jekelius, 1932
- † Viviparus alexandrieni Cobălcescu, 1883
- † Viviparus altecarinatus Brusina, 1874
- † Viviparus altus Neumayr in Herbich & Neumayr, 1875
- † Viviparus alutae Jekelius, 1932
- † Viviparus ambiguus Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
- † Viviparus ampullaceus (Bronn, 1831)
- † Viviparus aquitanicus (Benoist, 1873)
- † Viviparus argesiensis (Stefanescu, 1896)
- Viviparus ater (de Cristofori & Jan, 1832)
- † Viviparus atriticus Neumayr, 1869
- † Viviparus aulacophorus Brusina, 1874
- † Viviparus balatonicus Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
- † Viviparus bazavlukensis (Datsenko, 2000)
- Viviparus bengalensis (Lamarck)
- † Viviparus berbestiensis Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
- † Viviparus bergeroni (Stefanescu, 1896)
- Viviparus bermondianus (d'Orbigny, 1842)[6]
- † Viviparus berthae Halaváts, 1914
- † Viviparus berti Cobălcescu, 1883
- † Viviparus bifarcinatus (Bielz, 1864)
- † Viviparus bogdanovi Brusina, 1897
- † Viviparus botenicus Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
- † Viviparus botezi (Porumbaru, 1881)
- † Viviparus bressanus (Ogérien, 1867)
- † Viviparus brevis Tournouer, 1876
- † Viviparus brevis trochlearis Tournouer, 1876
- † Viviparus brevis forbesi Tournouer, 1876
- † Viviparus brevis brevis Tournouer, 1876
- † Viviparus brevis carinatus Tournouer, 1876
- † Viviparus brevis gorceixi Tournouer, 1876
- † Viviparus brusinae Brusina, 1874
- † Viviparus bukowskii Oppenheim, 1919
- † Viviparus bulgaricus Brusina, 1902
- † Viviparus calverti Neumayr, 1880
- † Viviparus carenatus Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
- † Viviparus cerchesi Cobălcescu, 1883
- † Viviparus cibyraticus (Spratt & Forbes, 1847)
- † Viviparus clathratus (Deshayes in Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire et al., 1832)
- † Viviparus conicus Pavlović, 1903
- Viviparus contectus (Millet, 1813) - Lister's river snail
- † Viviparus contiguus (Stefanescu, 1896)
- † Viviparus courtelaryensis (Rollier, 1892)
- † Viviparus craiovensis (Tournouër, 1880)
- † Viviparus cretzestiensis (Pavlov, 1925)
- † Viviparus crytomaphora Brusina, 1874
- † Viviparus cucestiensis Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
- † Viviparus cyrtomaphorus Brusina, 1874
- † Viviparus dacianus Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
- † Viviparus darchiaci Pavlović, 1903
- † Viviparus dautzenbergi Brusina, 1902
- † Viviparus dehmi Schlickum & Strauch, 1979
- † Viviparus deleeuwi Neubauer, Harzhauser, Georgopoulou, Mandic & Kroh, 2014
- † Viviparus depressus Strausz, 1942
- † Viviparus dezmanianus Brusina, 1874
- † Viviparus diluvianus (Kunth, 1865)
- † Viviparus duboisi (Mayer, 1856)
- † Viviparus eburneus Neumayr, 1869
- † Viviparus egorlycensis Volkova, 1955
- † Viviparus elatiorpseudoturritus Bogachev, 1961
- † Viviparus etelkae Halaváts, 1914
- † Viviparus falconensis Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
- † Viviparus falsani (Fischer in Falsan & Locard, 1867)
- † Viviparus ferratus (Quenstedt, 1884)
- † Viviparus fuchsi Neumayr, 1872
- Viviparus georgianus (I. Lea, 1834) - banded mystery snail[7]
- † Viviparus getianus Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
- † Viviparus gibbus (Sandberger, 1880)
- † Viviparus glacialis (S. Wood, 1872)
- † Viviparus globulosus (Serres, 1853)
- † Viviparus glockeri (Quenstedt, 1884)
- † Viviparus glogovensis (Stefanescu, 1896)
- Viviparus goodrichi Archer, 1933 - globose mysterysnail[7]
- † Viviparus gracilis Lörenthey, 1894
- † Viviparus graciosus Jekelius, 1932
- † Viviparus grandis Neumayr in Herbich & Neumayr, 1875
- † Viviparus heberti Cobălcescu, 1883
- † Viviparus hectoris (Hoernes, 1877)
- Viviparus hellenicus Westerlund, 1886
- † Viviparus herbichi Neumayr in Herbich & Neumayr, 1875
- † Viviparus hoernesi Neumayr, 1869
- † Viviparus inflexus (Ludwig, 1865)
- Viviparus intertextus (Say, 1829) - rotund mysterysnail[7]
- † Viviparus jalpuchensis (Datsenko in Gozhik & Datsenko, 2007)
- Viviparus japonicus Von Martens[7]
- † Viviparus jarcae Cobălcescu, 1883
- † Viviparus karaganicus Volkova, 1955
- † Viviparus kaschpurica (Pavlov, 1925)
- † Viviparus kurdensis Lörenthey, 1894
- † Viviparus lacedaemoniorum Oppenheim, 1891
- † Viviparus leiostraca Brusina, 1874
- † Viviparus lignitarum Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
- Viviparus limi Pilsbry, 1918 - Ochlockonee mysterysnail[7]
- † Viviparus loczyi Halaváts, 1903
- † Viviparus lomejkoi Pavlović, 1932
- † Viviparus loxostomus (Sandberger, 1875)
- † Viviparus lubenescuae Neubauer, Harzhauser, Georgopoulou, Mandic & Kroh, 2014
- † Viviparus lungershauseni Bogachev, 1961
- † Viviparus macarovicii Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
- Viviparus mamillatus (Küster, 1852)
- † Viviparus mammatus (Stefanescu, 1889)
- † Viviparus mandarinicus (Seninski, 1905)
- † Viviparus mangikiani Bogachev, 1961
- † Viviparus marnyanus Bogachev, 1961
- † Viviparus mazuranici Brusina, 1902
- † Viviparus megarensis Fuchs, 1877
- † Viviparus mehedintzensis Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
- Viviparus monardi (Haas, 1934)
- † Viviparus monasterialis Fontannes, 1887
- † Viviparus monspesulanus Wenz, 1928
- † Viviparus motasi Papaianopol & Macaleț, 2004
- † Viviparus motruensis (Stefanescu, 1896)
- † Viviparus multicostatus (Seninski, 1905)
- † Viviparus murgescui Cobălcescu, 1883
- † Viviparus muscelensis (Stefanescu, 1897)
- † Viviparus neumayri Brusina, 1874
- † Viviparus neustruevi (Pavlov, 1925)
- † Viviparus nodosocostatus Halaváts, 1887
- † Viviparus nothus Brusina, 1874
- † Viviparus novskaensis Penecke, 1886
- † Viviparus oncophorae Rzehak, 1893
- † Viviparus oncophorus Brusina, 1874
- † Viviparus ornatus Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
- † Viviparus ovidii Bogachev, 1961
- † Viviparus ovidiiformis (Datsenko in Gozhik & Datsenko, 2007)
- † Viviparus ovulum Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
- † Viviparus pachystoma (Sandberger, 1859)
- † Viviparus pannonicus Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
- † Viviparus pantanellii Wenz, 1919
- † Viviparus pauli Brusina, 1874
- † Viviparus phasianella (Boettger, 1887)
- † Viviparus pilari Brusina, 1874
- † Viviparus pollonerae Sacco, 1884
- † Viviparus praecursus (Tournouër, 1879)
- † Viviparus prahovensis Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
- † Viviparus precraiovensis Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
- † Viviparus prutulensis (Datsenko, 2002)
- † Viviparus pseudoachatinoides (Pavlov, 1925)
- † Viviparus pseudodezmanianus Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
- † Viviparus pseudogracilis Strausz, 1942
- † Viviparus pseudomotruensis Bogachev, 1961
- † Viviparus pseudosadleri (Pavlov, 1925)
- † Viviparus pseudovukotinovici Jekelius, 1932
- † Viviparus pulchriformis Papp in Papp & Thenius, 1952
- Viviparus quadratus Benson, 1842
- †’’ Viviparus recurrens’’ Penecke, 1886
- † Viviparus rhodensis Bukowski, 1892
- † Viviparus romaloi Cobălcescu, 1883
- † Viviparus rothi Lörenthey, 1906
- † Viviparus rudis Neumayr, 1869
- † Viviparus rumanus (Tournouër, 1879)
- † Viviparus sadleri Neumayr, 1869
- † Viviparus semseyi Halaváts, 1903
- † Viviparus serresi Wenz, 1928
- Viviparus sphaeridius (Bourguignat, 1880)
- † Viviparus spurius Brusina, 1874
- † Viviparus stefanescui (Stefanescu, 1896)
- † Viviparus stevanovici Neubauer, Harzhauser, Kroh, Georgopoulou & Mandic, 2014
- † Viviparus stricturatus Neumayr, 1869
- † Viviparus strossmayerianus Brusina, 1874
- † Viviparus sturi Neumayr, 1869
- † Viviparus subconcinnus (Sinzov, 1876)
- † Viviparus sublentus d'Orbigny, 1850
- Viviparus subpurpureus (Say, 1829) - olive mystery snail[7][8]
- † Viviparus suessi Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
- † Viviparus suessoniensis (Deshayes, 1826)
- † Viviparus suevicus Wenz, 1919
- † Viviparus sukljei Jenko, 1944
- † Viviparus symeonidisi Schütt, 1986
- † Viviparus syzranicus (Pavlov, 1925)
- † Viviparus tardyanus Locard, 1883
- † Viviparus teschi Meijer, 1990
- † Viviparus tohanensis Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
- † Viviparus tomici Brusina, 1902
- † Viviparus transitorius (Stefanescu, 1889)
- † Viviparus treffortensis Delafond & Depéret, 1893
- Viviparus tricinctus Liu, Zhang & Wang, 1994
- † Viviparus tuberculatus Berdnikova, 1977
- † Viviparus tumidus Stefanescu, 1896
- † Viviparus turgidus (Bielz, 1864)
- † Viviparus uniangulatus (Hall, 1845)
- † Viviparus uva (Stefanescu, 1897)
- † Viviparus ventricosus (Sandberger, 1875)
- † Viviparus viminaticus Brusina, 1902
- † Viviparus vinodoli Koch, 1922
- Viviparus viviparus (Linnaeus, 1758) - river snail
- † Viviparus volgensis (Pavlov, 1925)
- † Viviparus vukotinovicii (Frauenfeld, 1862)
- † Viviparus wesselinghi Neubauer, Harzhauser, Georgopoulou, Mandic & Kroh, 2014
- † Viviparus wolfi Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
- † Viviparus woodwardi Brusina, 1885
- † Viviparus zelebori Neumayr, 1869
Species brought into synonymy
edit- † Viviparus bifarcinatus stricturatus Neumayr, 1869: synonym of † Viviparus woodwardi Brusina, 1885
- † Viviparus dezmanianus dacicus Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985: synonym of † Viviparus dezmanianus turbureensis Fontannes, 1887
- † Viviparus incertus Macarovici, 1940: synonym of † Viviparus wesselinghi Neubauer, Harzhauser, Georgopoulou, Mandic & Kroh, 2014
- Viviparus malleatus Reeve, 1863[7] synonym of Cipangopaludina malleata (Reeve, 1863)
- † Viviparus rudis strossmayerianus Brusina, 1874: synonym of † Viviparus strossmayerianus Brusina, 1874
- † Viviparus woodwardi argesiensis (Stefanescu, 1896): synonym of † Viviparus argesiensis (Stefanescu, 1896)
References
edit- ^ Montfort D. de (1810). Conchyliologie systématique, et classification méthodique des coquilles; offrant leurs figures, leur arrangement générique, leurs descriptions caractéristiques, leurs noms; ainsi que leur synonymie en plusieurs langues. Ouvrage destiné à faciliter l'étude des coquilles, ainsi que leur disposition dans les cabinets d'histoire naturelle. Coquilles univalves, non cloisonnées. Tome second. pp. [1-3], 1-676. Paris. (Schoell).
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2014). Viviparus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154004 on 2014-11-13
- ^ Janus Horst. 1965. The young specialist looks at land and freshwater molluscs. Burke, London.
- ^ (in Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn. V. & Mikuláš R.: Základy zoopaleontologie. - Olomouc, 1996. 264 pp., ISBN 80-7067-599-3.
- ^ "Theba geminata, codringtonia". ipp.boku.ac.at. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ Vázquez A. A. & Perera S. (2010). "Endemic Freshwater molluscs of Cuba and their conservation status". Tropical Conservation Science 3 (2): 190–199. HTM, PDF.
- ^ a b c d e f g "ITIS Standard Report Page: Viviparus". itis.gov. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ United States Geological Survey. (2011). "Viviparus subpurpureus". USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?SpeciesID=2769 Accessed 29 March 2011.
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
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