Valvatidae

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Valvatidae
Valvata cristata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Order: Ectobranchia
Family: Valvatidae
J.E. Gray, 1840

Valvatidae, the valve snails, is a taxonomic family of very small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.

[edit] Genera within the family Valvatidae

The type genus is Valvata Müller, 1774.

List of genera
Andrussovia Brusina, 1903
Borysthenia Lindholm, 1933
Costovalvata Polinski, 1932
Liratina Lindholm, 1906
Megalovalvata Lindholm, 1906
Valvata Müller, 1774

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