Segmentina

Segmentina is a genus of very small, air-breathing, freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails.

Segmentina
Apical view of a shell of Segmentina nitida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Planorboidea
Family:
Planorbidae
Subfamily:
Planorbinae
Tribe:
Segmentinini
Genus:
Segmentina

Albrecht et al. (2007)[2] have confirmed the placement of this genus in the tribe Segmentinini within subfamily Planorbinae.[2]

Species

Species in this genus include:

References
  1. Fleming (1818). Ency. Brit. (Suppl. to eds. 4-6), 3(1): 309.
  2. Albrecht C., Kuhn K. & Streit B. (2007). "A molecular phylogeny of Planorboidea (Gastropoda, Pulmonata): insights from enhanced taxon sampling". Zoologica Scripta 36: 27-39. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00258.x.
  3. "Name - Segmentina paparyensis Baker 1914". Organismnames.com. Retrieved 1 June 2015.


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