Overview
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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Rams-Horn Valvata
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
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- animals
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Snails and Slugs
- Order:
Heterostropha
()
- Family:
Alpheoidea
()
- Genus:
Valvata
()
- O.F. Müller, 1774
- Specific name:
mergella
- Westerlund, 1883
- Scientific name: - Valvata mergella Westerlund, 1883
- Specific name:
mergella
- Westerlund, 1883
- Genus:
Valvata
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- Family:
Alpheoidea
(
- Order:
Heterostropha
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- Class:
Gastropoda
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- Phylum:
Mollusca
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Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Valvata
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 70 species and subspecies in this genus:
V. agglutinans · V. alpestris · V. antiqua · V. arenifera · V. baicalensis · V. basalis · V. bicarinata (Two-Ridge Valvata) · V. bicarinata normalis · V. biwaensis · V. carinata · V. contorta · V. cristata · V. cythropomatia · V. danielsi · V. depressa · V. exilis · V. fluviatilis · V. globulina · V. goldfussiana · V. helicelloides · V. helicoides · V. hirsutecostata · V. humeralis (Glossy Valvata) · V. humeralis californica · V. humeralis densestriata · V. inflata · V. klemmi · V. lewisi (Fringed Valvata) · V. lewisii · V. macrostoma · V. major · V. mergella (Rams-Horn Valvata) · V. minuta · V. naticina · V. nilotica · V. normalis · V. obtusa · V. perdepressa (Purplecap Valvata) · V. petite · V. petiti · V. piscinalis (European Stream Valvata) · V. piscinalis alpestris · V. piscinalis antiqua · V. piscinalis piscinalis · V. puelchella · V. pulchella · V. pupoidea · V. relicta · V. rhabdota · V. saulcyi · V. sibirca · V. sibirica · V. simplex · V. sincera (Mossy Valvata) · V. sincera helicoidea (Northern Valve Snail) · V. sincera nylanderi (Mossy Valvata) · V. sincera ontariensis (Loosely Coiled Valve-Snail) · V. sincera sincera (Ribbed Valve-Snail) · V. spirorbis · V. stenotrema · V. striata · V. studeri · V. tricarinata (Three-Ridge Valvata) · V. tricarinata infracarinata · V. tricarinata simplex · V. tricarnata · V. utahensis (Utah Roundmouth Snail) · V. utahensis bakeri · V. virens (Emerald Valvata) · V. winnebagoensis (Flanged Valvata)
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Further Reading
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 561.
- Harriman Alaska series. City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1910-1914. ENG url p. 124, p. 5.
- Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 526. ISBN: 1-888569-01-8.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed September 17, 2007.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 30, 2008:
- University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of Alaska Museum of the North Mollusc Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2683209
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-70363
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 70363
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMGASE5040
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 159823
