Wattebledia
Genus of gastropods
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Wattebledia is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae.
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| Apertural view of the shell of Wattebledia crosseana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Bithyniidae |
| Genus: | Wattebledia Crosse, 1886[1] |
The generic name Wattebledia is in honor of French malacologist Gustave-Éduard Joseph Wattebled (1844-1886).
Distribution
Species
Species in the genus Wattebledia include:
- Wattebledia baschi (Brandt, 1968)[2]
- Wattebledia crosseana (Wattebled, 1886)[2]
- Wattebledia siamensis (Moellendorff, 1902)[2]
