Fagotia
Encyclopedia
Fagotia is a genus
of freshwater snail
s with an operculum
, aquatic
gastropod mollusks in the family Melanopsidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of freshwater snail
Freshwater snail
A freshwater snail is one kind of freshwater mollusc, the other kind being freshwater clams and mussels, i.e. freshwater bivalves. Specifically a freshwater snail is a gastropod that lives in a watery non-marine habitat. The majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions....
s with an operculum
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
, aquatic
Aquatic animal
An aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in water for most or all of its life. It may breathe air or extract its oxygen from that dissolved in water through specialised organs called gills, or directly through its skin. Natural environments and the animals that...
gastropod mollusks in the family Melanopsidae
Melanopsidae
Melanopsidae, common name melanopsids, is a family of freshwater gastropods in the clade Sorbeoconcha. Species in this family are native to southern and eastern Europe, northern Africa, parts of the Middle East, New Zealand, and freshwater streams of some large South Pacific islands.These snails...
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Species
Species within the genus Fagotia include:- Fagotia daudebartiiFagotia daudebartiiEsperiana daudebartii is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Melanopsidae.-Subspecies:Subspecies within this species include:* Esperiana daudebartii acicularis Esperiana daudebartii is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an...
(Prevost 1821) - Fagotia esperiFagotia esperiEsperiana esperi is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Melanopsidae.- Distribution :Distribution of this species is Pontic....
(A. Ferussac 1823) - † Fagotia wuestiFagotia wuestiFagotia wuesti is an extinct species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Melanopsidae....
Meijer, 1990