Valvatidae
Valvatidae, the valve snails, is a taxonomic family of very small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.
Taxonomy
The family Valvatidae has no subfamilies.Genera
The type genus of this family is Valvata O.F. Müller, 1774.Genera in the family Valvatidae include:
- Andrussovia Brusina, 1903
- Borysthenia Lindholm, 1933
- Costovalvata Polinski, 1932
- Liratina Lindholm, 1906
- Megalovalvata Lindholm, 1906
- Valvata Müller, 1774
- * Cincinna Hübner, 1810 - It is recognized either as genus of a subgenus of Valvata.
Ecology