Sibirenauta is a genus of left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Physidae.

Sibirenauta
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Sibirenauta

Starobogatov & Streletzkaja, 1967[1]
Diversity[2]
4 species

The scientific name Sibirenauta is composed from the word Siberia, where its species live and from the Latin word nauta, that means "sailor".[2]

Distribution

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Distribution the genus Sibirenauta ranges from Siberia to Canada and the United States of America.[2]

Species

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Species in the genus Sibirenauta include:

References

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  1. ^ Starobogatov Y. I. & Streletskaja E. A. (1967). Sostav i zoogeograficheskaya kharakteristika presnovodnoi malakofauny vostochnoi Sibiri i severa dal’nego vostoka. Trudy Zool. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR 42: 221-268.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Taylor D. W. (2003). "Introduction to Physidae (Gastropoda: Hygrophila). Biology, classification, morphology". Revista de Biología Tropical 51(Suppl. 1): 1-299. (1-195, 197-263, 265-287). pages 10-11, 56-71.