Rivularia is a monotypic genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Viviparidae.[2][3] Species in this genus is distributed only along the Xiang River region of Hunan province, People's Republic of China.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Family: | Viviparidae |
| Subfamily: | Viviparinae |
| Genus: | Rivularia Heude, 1890 |
| Species: | R. auriculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Rivularia auriculata (E. von Martens, 1875)
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Taxonomy
editThis genus was originally placed under the subfamily Bellamyinae of Viviparidae. In 2017, it was moved to Viviparinae based on anatomical and genetic data.[2][3]
Species
editAs of May 2024[update], WoRMS only recognize one species in this genus, namely Rivularia auriculata (E. von Martens, 1875), the type species of this genus.[2] The original combination is this species was Paludina auriculata Martens, 1875.[2]
A number of species inquirenda have been assigned to this genus, but none have so far been accepted:
Description
editRivularia auriculata grows to about 25 mm (1 in). The shell is thick and has about 4.5 whorls. The shape is oval to subglobose. It is usually smooth and olive-yellow in colour, typically without bands.[3]
References
edit- ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Rivularia auriculata (E. von Martens, 1875)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Rivularia Heude, 1890". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d Van Bocxlaer, B.; Strong, Ellen E.; Richter, R.; Stelbrink, B.; Von Rintelen, T. (2017). "Anatomical and genetic data reveal that Rivularia Heude, 1890 belongs to Viviparinae (Gastropoda: Viviparidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx014.
- ^ a b 太平洋岛 (2014-01-20). "【万有青年养成计划】湘江中下游江段田螺科物种考察篇" [transtitle] (in Simplified Chinese). GuoKr. Retrieved 2019-05-15.