Amnicolidae is a family of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Rissooidea.

This family is in the clade Littorinimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family was previously considered to be a subfamily of Hydrobiidae.

Subfamilies

The family Amnicolidae consists of 3 subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

  • Subfamily Amnicolinae Tryon, 1863, synonymised with: Tribe Erhaiini Davis & Kuo, 1985 Subfamily Lyogyrinae Pilsbry, 1916 Subfamily Parabythinellinae Radoman, 1976 Tribe Pseudobythinellini Davis & Chen, 1992
  • Subfamily Baicaliinae P. Fisher, 1885, synonymised with: Subfamily Liobaicaliinae B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1913 Subfamily Turribaicaliinae B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1917

Genera

  • Akiyoshia Kuroda & Habe, 1954,: belongs to family Erhaiidae G. M. Davis & Y.-H. Kuo, 1985
  • Amnicola Gould & Haldeman, 1840
  • Chencuia Davis, 1997: belongs to the family Erhaiidae G. M. Davis & Y.-H. Kuo, 1985
  • Colligyrus Hershler, 1999
  • Dasyscias F. G. Thompson & Hershler, 1991
  • Erhaia Davis & Kuo, 1985,: belongs to the family Erhaiidae G. M. Davis & Y.-H. Kuo, 1985
  • Kangxianospira F. Guo, 1982
  • Kolhymamnicola Starobogatov & Budnikova, 1976
  • Luofuspira W. Yü, 1977
  • Lyogyrus Gill, 1863
  • Marstoniopsis van Regteren Altena, 1936
  • Mesopyrgium Yen & Reeside, 1946
  • Moria Kuroda & Habe, 1958
  • Pachychiloides Wenz, 1939 †
  • Parabythinella Radoman, 1973
  • Protamnicola Yen, 1946 †
  • Pycnanema H.-Z. Pan, 1980
  • Rachipteron F.G. Thompson, 1964
  • Reesidella Yen, 1953
  • Sagia Yen, 1952
  • Stantonogyra Yen, 1946
  • Subtilistriata H.-Z. Pan, 1980
  • Taylorconcha Hershler, Frest, Johannes, Bowler & F. G. Thompson, 1994
  • Triasamnicola Yen & Reeside, 1946
  • Trochispira Yen, 1954
  • Yongkangia W. Yü, 1980

External links

  • Tryon, G.W. (1863). . Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14 (9): 452.