Beddomeia is a genus of very small freshwater snails that have a gill and an operculum, aquatic operculate gastropod mollusks in the family Tateidae.

Beddomeia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Tateidae
Genus: Beddomeia
Petterd, 1889[1]
Type species
Amnicola launcestonensis R. M. Johnston, 1879
Synonyms
  • Petterdiana Brazier, 1896 (a junior synonym)
  • Tasmaniella Ancey, 1898 (unnecessary nom. nov. pro Beddomeia Petterd, 1889, by Ancey believed to be preoccupied by Beddomea Nevill, 1878)

Species

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Species within the genus Beddomeia include:[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Genus Beddomeia Petterd, 1889". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Beddomeia Petterd, 1889 : Working classification". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  • Ancey, C. F. (1898). Notes malacologiques. A – Observation sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillies dans ľIndo-Chine et particulièrement au Laos par Henri Counillon. B – Description ďespèces nouvelle du centre ďAfrique; C – Notes sur quelques coupes génériques ou sous-génériques de Mollusques. D – Description ďun mollusque méditerranéen nouveau. Bulletin du Musée ďHistoire Naturelle de Marseille. Série II 1(1): 125–150.
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