Benedictia
Genus of gastropods
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Benedictia is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Lithoglyphidae.[3]
| Benedictia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Lithoglyphidae |
| Subfamily: | Benedictiinae |
| Genus: | Benedictia Dybowski, 1875[1] |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 10 species | |
Benedictia is the type genus of the subfamily Benedictiinae.[3]
Distribution
The genus Benedictia is endemic to Lake Baikal.[4]
Species
Species within the genus Benedictia include:
- Benedictia baicalensis (Gerstfeldt, 1859)[2][4]
- Benedictia distinguenda Lindholm, 1924[2]
- Benedictia distinguenda lamuana Sitnikova, 1987[2]
- Benedictia fragilis W. Dybowski, 1875 - type species[2]
- Benedictia kotyensis Matiokin, Dzuban & Sitnikova, 1988[2][5]
- Benedictia limnaeoides (Schrenck, 1867)[2]
- Benedictia maxima (W. Dybowski, 1875)[2][4]
- Benedictia maxima marisminus Sitnikova, 1987[2]
- Benedictia nana Beckman & Starobogatov, 1975 [2]
- Benedictia pulchella Sitnikova, 1987[2]
- Benedictia pulchella sarmensis Sitnikova, 1987[2]
- Benedictia pumyla (Lindholm, 1924)[2]
- Benedictia shadini Beckman & Starobogatov, 1975[2]
