Campeloma

Campeloma
Drawing of a shell and operculum of Campeloma decisum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

informal group Architaenioglossa

Superfamily: Viviparoidea
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Campeloma
Rafinesque, 1819

Campeloma is a genus of gilled operculate freshwater snails in the family Viviparidae. [1]

Distribution

They are common in unpolluted rivers in the eastern United States and southeastern Canada.

Species

Species within the genus Campeloma include:[2]

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Campeloma Rafinesque, 1819. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827455 on 2014-12-15
  2. Campeloma at Integrated Taxonomic Information System, http://www.itis.gov, accessed 14 December 2008.
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