Amnicolidae
Family of gastropods
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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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| Drawing of the shell of Amnicola dalli with the operculum next to it | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
| Family: | Amnicolidae Tryon, 1863 |
| Diversity[1] | |
| About 200 freshwater species | |
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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.
Subfamilies
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
Genera
- Akiyoshia Kuroda & Habe, 1954,:[4] belongs to family Erhaiidae G. M. Davis & Y.-H. Kuo, 1985
- Amnicola Gould & Haldeman, 1840
- Chencuia Davis, 1997: belongs to the family Erhaiidae G. M. Davis & Y.-H. Kuo, 1985
- Colligyrus Hershler, 1999
- Dasyscias F. G. Thompson & Hershler, 1991
- Erhaia Davis & Kuo, 1985,:[3] belongs to the family Erhaiidae G. M. Davis & Y.-H. Kuo, 1985
- † Kangxianospira F. Guo, 1982
- Kolhymamnicola Starobogatov & Budnikova, 1976
- † Luofuspira W. Yü, 1977
- Lyogyrus Gill, 1863
- Marstoniopsis van Regteren Altena, 1936
- † Mesopyrgium Yen & Reeside, 1946
- Moria Kuroda & Habe, 1958
- † Pachychiloides Wenz, 1939 †
- Parabythinella Radoman, 1973
- † Protamnicola Yen, 1946 †
- † Pycnanema H.-Z. Pan, 1980
- Rachipteron F.G. Thompson, 1964[5]
- † Reesidella Yen, 1953
- † Sagia Yen, 1952
- † Stantonogyra Yen, 1946
- † Subtilistriata H.-Z. Pan, 1980
- Taylorconcha Hershler, Frest, Johannes, Bowler & F. G. Thompson, 1994
- † Triasamnicola Yen & Reeside, 1946
- † Trochispira Yen, 1954
- † Yongkangia W. Yü, 1980
