Valvatidae | |
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a live Valvata piscinalis | |
Drawing of apertural and umbilical views of a shell of Valvata cristata. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Superfamily: | Valvatoidea |
Family: | Valvatidae J. E. Gray, 1840[1] |
Diversity[2] | |
71 freshwater species | |
Synonyms | |
Borystheniinae Starobogatov, 1983 |
Valvatidae, the valve snails, is a taxonomic family of very small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.