Amnicolidae is a family of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rissooidea.
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This family is in the clade Littorinimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family was previously considered to be a subfamily of Hydrobiidae.
The family Amnicolidae consists of 3 subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):[2]
- Subfamily Amnicolinae Tryon, 1863, synonymised with:
- Tribe Erhaiini Davis & Kuo, 1985[3]
- Subfamily Lyogyrinae Pilsbry, 1916
- Subfamily Parabythinellinae Radoman, 1976
- Tribe Pseudobythinellini Davis & Chen, 1992
- Subfamily Baicaliinae P. Fisher, 1885, synonymised with:
- Subfamily Liobaicaliinae B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1913
- Subfamily Turribaicaliinae B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1917
- Subfamily Amnicolinae Tryon, 1863
- Akiyoshia Kuroda & Habe, 1954[4], synonymised with:
- Akiyoshia (Saganoa) Kuroda, Habe & Tamu, 1958
- Amnicola Gould & Haldeman, 1840, synonymised with:
- Amnicola (Amnicola) Gould & Haldeman, 1840
- Hydrobia (Amnicola) Gould & Haldeman, 1840
- Chencuia Davis, 1997
- Colligyrus Hershler, 1999
- Dasyscias F. G. Thompson & Hershler, 1991
- Erhaia Davis & Kuo, 1985,[3] synonymised with:
- Pseudobythinella Liu & Zhang, 1979
- Kolhymamnicola Starobogatov & Budnikova, 1976
- Lyogyrus Gill, 1863
- Marstoniopsis van Regteren Altena, 1936
- Moria Kuroda & Habe, 1958
- Rachipteron F.G. Thompson, 1964[5]
- Subfamily Baicaliinae P. Fisher, 1885
- Baicalia Martens, 1876, synonymised with:
- Baicalia (Baicalia) Martens, 1876
- Baicalia (Trachybaicalia) Martens, 1876
- Baikalia Dall, 1877
- Baikalia (Trachybaikalia) G. Nevill, 1885
- Limnorea W. Dybowski, 1875
- Limnorea (Ligea) W. Dybowski, 1875
- Trachybaikalia G. Nevill, 1885
- Turribaicalia B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1917
- Dybowskia Dall, 1877
- Godlewskia Crosse & P. Fischer, 1879
- Korotnewia Kozhov, 1936
- Liobaicalia Martens, 1876, synonymised with:
- Baicalia (Liobaicalia) Martens, 1876
- Hydrobia (Liobaikalia) Dall, 1877
- Limnorea (Leucosia) W. Dybowski, 1875
- Maackia Clessin, 1880,[6] synoynmised with:
- Baicalia (Maackia) Clessin, 1880
- Maackia (Eubaicalia) Lindholm, 1924
- Maackia (Maackia) Clessin, 1880
- Parabaikalia Lindholm, 1909
- Pseudobaikalia Lindholm, 1909, synonymised with:
- Pseudobaicalia B. Dybowski, 1911
- Pseudobaikalia (Microbaicalia) Kozhov, 1936
- Pseudobaikalia (Pseudobaikalia) Lindholm, 1909
- Pyrgobaicalia Starobogatov, 1972
- Teratobaikalia Lindholm, 1909, synonymised with:
- Teratobaikalia (Baikaliella) Lindholm, 1909
- Teratobaikalia (Teratobaikalia) Lindholm, 1909
- Teratobaikalia (Trichiobaikalia) Lindholm, 1909
Thompson F. G. (1964). A new aquatic snail of the family Amnicolidae from Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical, 12(1), 97–105.
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