Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Hygrophila > Superfamily Lymnaeoidea

Lymnaeidae Rafinesque, 1815

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Amphipepleinae Pini, 1877
Lymnaeinae Rafinesque, 1815

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: pond snails; pondsnails sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Schlammschnecken sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Swedish: dammsnäckor

Literature

original description	Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp.
basis of record	Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July].
additional source	Vinarski, V.M. (2013). One, two, or several? How many lymnaeid genera are there?. Ruthenica. 23(1): 41-58. [Published online 5 April 2013].
additional source	Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. (1995). Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands. vi + 248 pp. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.
taxonomy source	Aksenova, O. V.; Bolotov, I. N.; Khrebtova, I. S.; Kondakov, A. V.; Vinarski, M. V. (2023). Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Family Lymnaeidae. Zoological Monographs, vol. 7. The Lymnaeidae: A Handbook on their Natural History and Parasitological Significance. Cham: Springer-Nature AG, pp. 67-101.