WoRMS taxon details

Hydrobiidae W. Stimpson, 1865

120  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:120)

accepted
Family
Bucharamnicolinae Izzatullaev, Sitnikova & Starobogatov, 1985 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dabrianidae Starobogatov, 1983 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Istrianidae Starobogatov, 1983 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Kireliinae Starobogatov, 1983 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Martensamnicolinae Izzatullaev, Sitnikova & Starobogatov, 1985 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pyrgulidae Brusina, 1882 (1869) · unaccepted > superseded rank
Sadlerianidae Radoman, 1973 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turkmenamnicolinae Izzatullaev, Sitnikova & Starobogatov, 1985 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Subfamily Belgrandiellinae Radoman, 1983
    1. Subfamily Caspiinae B. Dybowski, 1913
      1. Genus Andrusovia Brusina, 1903
      2. Genus Caspia Clessin & W. Dybowski, 1887
      3. Genus Clathrocaspia Lindholm, 1930
      4. Genus Graecoanatolica Radoman, 1973
      5. Genus Ulskia Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1969
    2. Subfamily Hydrobiinae W. Stimpson, 1865
      1. Genus Achaiohydrobia Falniowski, 2021
      2. Genus Adriohydrobia Radoman, 1977
      3. Genus Ecrobia W. Stimpson, 1865
      4. Genus Hydrobia W. Hartmann, 1821
      5. Genus Peringia Paladilhe, 1874
      6. Genus Caspiohydrobia Starobogatov, 1970 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
      7. Genus Ventrosia Radoman, 1977 accepted as Ecrobia W. Stimpson, 1865
    3. Subfamily Mercuriinae Boeters & Falkner, 2017
      1. Genus Probythinella Thiele, 1928
      2. Subfamily Pseudamnicolinae Radoman, 1977
        1. Genus Diegus Delicado, Machordom & M. A. Ramos, 2016
        2. Genus Pseudamnicola Paulucci, 1878
      3. Genus Paludestrina A. d'Orbigny, 1841 (uncertain, Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Names by ICZN Opinion 2202.)
      4. Genus Thalassobia Bourguignat, 1876 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
      5. Genus Antillobia Altaba, 1993 accepted as Pyrgophorus Ancey, 1888 (subjective junior synonym)
      6. Subfamily Conocaspiinae B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1913 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
      7. Genus Didacus Delicado, Machordom & M. A. Ramos, 2015 accepted as Diegus Delicado, Machordom & M. A. Ramos, 2016 (invalid: junior homonym of Didacus Collart, 1935 [Diptera]; Diegus is a replacement name)
      8. Subfamily Graecoanatolicinae Radoman, 1973 accepted as Caspiinae B. Dybowski, 1913 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      9. Subfamily Iravadiinae Thiele, 1928 accepted as Iravadiidae Thiele, 1928 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
      10. Genus Leachia Risso, 1826 accepted as Hydrobia W. Hartmann, 1821 (Rejected name, placed on the Official Index by Opinion 2161, preoccupied by Leachia Lesueur, 1821 [Cephalopoda])
      11. Genus Litorinella A. Braun, 1843 accepted as Hydrobia W. Hartmann, 1821 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
      12. Genus Obrovia Radoman, 1974 accepted as Hydrobia W. Hartmann, 1821
      13. Genus Vioscalba J. P. E. Morrison, 1965 accepted as Probythinella Thiele, 1928 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
      14. Genus Hydrobiidae incertae sedis (temporary name)
      marine, brackish, fresh
      Stimpson, W. (1865). Diagnoses of newly discovered genera of gasteropods, belonging to the sub-fam. Hydrobiinae of the family Rissoidae. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(1): 52-54., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16084571
      page(s): 52; note: as subfamily Hydrobiinae [details] 
      MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Hydrobiidae W. Stimpson, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=120 on 2026-04-24
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      Nomenclature

      original description Stimpson, W. (1865). Diagnoses of newly discovered genera of gasteropods, belonging to the sub-fam. Hydrobiinae of the family Rissoidae. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(1): 52-54., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16084571
      page(s): 52; note: as subfamily Hydrobiinae [details] 

      original description (of Dabrianidae Starobogatov, 1983) Starobogatov Ya.I., Sitnikova T.Ya. (1983). Система отряда Littoriniformes (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia) [= The system of the order Littoriniformes (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia)]. <em>Vsesoiuznoe soveshchanie po izucheniiu molliuskov [Leningrad: Nauka Publishers].</em> 7: 18-22.
      page(s): 21 [details] 

      original description (of Istrianidae Starobogatov, 1983) Starobogatov Ya.I., Sitnikova T.Ya. (1983). Система отряда Littoriniformes (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia) [= The system of the order Littoriniformes (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia)]. <em>Vsesoiuznoe soveshchanie po izucheniiu molliuskov [Leningrad: Nauka Publishers].</em> 7: 18-22.
      page(s): 22 [details] 

      original description (of Kireliinae Starobogatov, 1983) Starobogatov Ya.I., Sitnikova T.Ya. (1983). Система отряда Littoriniformes (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia) [= The system of the order Littoriniformes (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia)]. <em>Vsesoiuznoe soveshchanie po izucheniiu molliuskov [Leningrad: Nauka Publishers].</em> 7: 18-22.
      page(s): 21 [details] 

      original description (of Bucharamnicolinae Izzatullaev, Sitnikova & Starobogatov, 1985) Izzatullaev Z.I., Sitnikova T.Ya., Starobogatov Ya.I. (1985). Taxonomic position of the Middle Asian "pseudamnicols". <em>Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytateley Prirody, otdel biologicheskiy.</em> 90(5): 52-60. (In Russian).
      page(s): 56 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

      original description (of Martensamnicolinae Izzatullaev, Sitnikova & Starobogatov, 1985) Izzatullaev Z.I., Sitnikova T.Ya., Starobogatov Ya.I. (1985). Taxonomic position of the Middle Asian "pseudamnicols". <em>Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytateley Prirody, otdel biologicheskiy.</em> 90(5): 52-60. (In Russian).
      page(s): 53 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

      original description (of Turkmenamnicolinae Izzatullaev, Sitnikova & Starobogatov, 1985) Izzatullaev Z.I., Sitnikova T.Ya., Starobogatov Ya.I. (1985). Taxonomic position of the Middle Asian "pseudamnicols". <em>Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytateley Prirody, otdel biologicheskiy.</em> 90(5): 52-60. (In Russian).
      page(s): 57 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

      basis of record Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201
      page(s): 127, 346 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

      Taxonomy

      taxonomy source Delicado, D.; Hauffe, T.; Wilke, T. (2023). Fifth mass extinction event triggered the diversification of the largest family of freshwater gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea: Hydrobiidae). <em>Cladistics.</em> 40(1): 82-96., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12558 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

      status source Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200
      page(s): 6 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

      Other

      additional source Baker, H. B. (1960). Hydrobiidae or Truncatellidae?. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 74(1): 34-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523907 [details] 

      additional source Kabat, A. R. & Hershler, R. (1993). The prosobranch snail family Hydrobiidae (Gastropoda: Rissooidea): Review of classification and supraspecific taxa. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 547: 1-94., available online at http://si-pddr.si.edu/jspui/bitstream/10088/5560/1/SCtZ-0547-Lo_res.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

       
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