Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Hygrophila > Superfamily Lymnaeoidea > Family Lymnaeidae > Subfamily Lymnaeinae > Tribe Lymnaeini

Lymnaea Lamarck, 1799

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Limnaeus C. Pfeiffer, 1821 orthographic variant
Limnaea Blainville, 1824 synonym

Children

Lymnaea raphidia (Bourguignat, 1860)
Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Literature

original description

Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 1: 63-91.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lymnaea Lamarck, 1799. 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:160345

Ruud A. Bank. Lymnaea Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/2aeaba30-66a3-4015-a3f7-cd668ed64874

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, not brackish, fresh

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160345
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:270356

Last modified

2023-12-05 by Ruud A. Bank & by Maxim Vinarski

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