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Valvatidae Gray, 1840
153992 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153992)
accepted
Family
Valvata O. F. Müller, 1773 (type by subsequent designation)
Borystheniinae Starobogatov, 1983 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Valvatinae Gray, 1840 · unaccepted (unaccepted rank)
- Genus Amplovalvata Yen, 1952 †
- Genus Ariomphalus Bandel & F. Riedel, 1994 †
- Genus Borysthenia Lindholm, 1914
- Genus Megalovalvata Lindholm, 1906
- Genus Microcyclas Raspail, 1909 †
- Genus Pseudomegalovalvata Kozhov, 1936
- Genus Sinorificium F. Guo, 1982 †
- Genus Valvata O. F. Müller, 1773
- Genus Aphanotylus Brusina, 1894 † accepted as Valvata (Aphanotylus) Brusina, 1894 † represented as Valvata O. F. Müller, 1773 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Biwakovalvata Starobogatov, 1983 accepted as Valvata O. F. Müller, 1773 (a junior synonym)
- Subfamily Borystheniinae Starobogatov, 1983 accepted as Valvatidae Gray, 1840 (a junior synonym)
- Genus Cincinna Mörch, 1864 accepted as Valvata (Cincinna) Mörch, 1864 represented as Valvata O. F. Müller, 1773
- Genus Costovalvata Poliński, 1929 accepted as Valvata (Costovalvata) Poliński, 1929 represented as Valvata O. F. Müller, 1773 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Gyrorbis Fitzinger, 1833 accepted as Valvata O. F. Müller, 1773 (junior objective synonym)
- Genus Heterovalvata Munier-Chalmas, 1879 † accepted as Valvata O. F. Müller, 1773 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Jelskia Bourguignat, 1877 accepted as Borysthenia Lindholm, 1914 (unavailable; a junior homonym of Jelskia Taczanowski, 1871 (Chelicerata: Araneae))
- Genus Liratina Lindholm, 1906 accepted as Megalovalvata Lindholm, 1906
- Genus Michaudia Locard, 1883 † accepted as Valvata O. F. Müller, 1773 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Piscinaliana Paladilhe, 1866 accepted as Cincinna Mörch, 1864 accepted as Valvata (Cincinna) Mörch, 1864 represented as Valvata O. F. Müller, 1773 (a junior synonym)
- Genus Planella Schlüter, 1838 accepted as Valvata O. F. Müller, 1773 (a junior synonym)
- Genus Planorbiana Paladilhe, 1866 accepted as Valvata O. F. Müller, 1773 (a junior synonym)
- Genus Tropidina H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Valvata (Tropidina) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 represented as Valvata O. F. Müller, 1773
- Subfamily Valvatinae Gray, 1840 accepted as Valvatidae Gray, 1840 (unaccepted rank)
- Genus Valvearius Duméril, 1805 accepted as Valvata O. F. Müller, 1773 (a junior synonym)
recent + fossil
Gray, J. E. (1840). <i>A manual of the land and freshwater shells of the British Islands by W. Turton</i>. A new edition. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. i-ix, 1-324, plates 1-12. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18243759
page(s): 79 [details]
page(s): 79 [details]
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original description
Gray, J. E. (1840). <i>A manual of the land and freshwater shells of the British Islands by W. Turton</i>. A new edition. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. i-ix, 1-324, plates 1-12. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18243759
page(s): 79 [details]
original description (of Borystheniinae Starobogatov, 1983) Sitnikova, T. Ya. (1983). The system of endemic species of the genus <i>Megalovalvata</i> and some questions of taxonomy of the family Valvatidae (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia). <em>Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal.</em> 62 (1): 32–44. [in Russian, English summary].
page(s): 34 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Valvatinae Gray, 1840) Gray, J. E. (1840). <i>A manual of the land and freshwater shells of the British Islands by W. Turton</i>. A new edition. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. i-ix, 1-324, plates 1-12. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18243759
page(s): 79 [details]
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. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sitnikova, T. Ya. (1983). The system of endemic species of the genus <i>Megalovalvata</i> and some questions of taxonomy of the family Valvatidae (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia). <em>Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal.</em> 62 (1): 32–44. [in Russian, English summary]. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Haszprunar, G. (2014). A nomenclator of extant and fossil taxa of the Valvatidae (Gastropoda, Ectobranchia). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 377: 1-172. Sofia [5 February]., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.377.6032 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rath, E. (1988). Organization and Systematic Position of the Valvatidae. Malacological Review, 4: 194-204. Ann Arbor. [details]
page(s): 79 [details]
original description (of Borystheniinae Starobogatov, 1983) Sitnikova, T. Ya. (1983). The system of endemic species of the genus <i>Megalovalvata</i> and some questions of taxonomy of the family Valvatidae (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia). <em>Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal.</em> 62 (1): 32–44. [in Russian, English summary].
page(s): 34 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Valvatinae Gray, 1840) Gray, J. E. (1840). <i>A manual of the land and freshwater shells of the British Islands by W. Turton</i>. A new edition. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. i-ix, 1-324, plates 1-12. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18243759
page(s): 79 [details]
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. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sitnikova, T. Ya. (1983). The system of endemic species of the genus <i>Megalovalvata</i> and some questions of taxonomy of the family Valvatidae (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia). <em>Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal.</em> 62 (1): 32–44. [in Russian, English summary]. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Haszprunar, G. (2014). A nomenclator of extant and fossil taxa of the Valvatidae (Gastropoda, Ectobranchia). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 377: 1-172. Sofia [5 February]., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.377.6032 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rath, E. (1988). Organization and Systematic Position of the Valvatidae. Malacological Review, 4: 194-204. Ann Arbor. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
