Segmentina

Segmentina
Apical view of a shell of Segmentina nitida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Subfamily: Planorbinae
Tribe: Segmentinini
Genus: Segmentina
Fleming, 1818[1]

Segmentina is a genus of very small, air-breathing, freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails.

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:[3]

References

  1. ^ Fleming (1818). Ency. Brit. (Suppl. to eds. 4-6), 3(1): 309.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ "Segmentina J.Fleming, 1818". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  4. ^ "WMSDB | Conchology". www.conchology.be. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Name - Segmentina paparyensis Baker 1914". Organismnames.com. Retrieved 1 June 2015.


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