Hydrobiidae

Hydrobiidae
Peringia ulvae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Hydrobiidae
Stimpson, 1865
Synonyms
  • Conocaspiinae B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1913
  • Paludestrinidae R. B. Newton, 1891
  • Pyrgulidae Brusina, 1882 (1869)

Hydrobiidae, commonly known as mud snails, is a large cosmopolitan family of very small freshwater and brackish water snails with an operculum; they are in the order Littorinimorpha. [1]

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Hydrobiidae W. Stimpson, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=120 on 2024-06-18