Hydrobiidae

Hydrobiidae
Peringia ulvae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Hydrobiidae
Stimpson, 1865
Synonyms
  • Conocaspiinae B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1913
  • Paludestrinidae R. B. Newton, 1891
  • Pyrgulidae Brusina, 1882 (1869)

Hydrobiidae, commonly known as mud snails, is a large cosmopolitan family of very small freshwater and brackish water snails with an operculum, in the order Littorinimorpha.

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