Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Architaenioglossa > Superfamily Viviparoidea > Family Viviparidae > Subfamily Viviparinae

Viviparus Montfort, 1810

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Paludina A. Férussac, 1812 synonym

Children

Paludina (Paludestrina) A. d'Orbigny, 1841
Viviparus acerosus (Bourguignat, 1862)
Viviparus ater (De Cristofori & Jan, 1832)
Viviparus contectus (Millet, 1813)
Viviparus mamillatus (Kuster, 1852)
Viviparus viviparus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: river snails 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.
 German: Sumpfdeckelschnecken

Literature

original description

Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)].

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Viviparus Montfort, 1810. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154004

Ruud A. Bank. Viviparus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/cb81f814-857b-42cd-94ab-a5ecce4b9c99

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, not brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154004
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:431459

Last modified

2018-06-23 by Ruud A. Bank & by Maxim Vinarski

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