Peringia

Peringia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Peringia
Paladilhe, 1874

Peringia is a genus of very small snails with gills and an operculum, gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae. [1]

This genus has become a synonym for Hydrobia Hartmann, 1821.

These snails live in intermediate habitats at high tide level, on mud, in protected estuarine and coastal areas. Because of this habitat these snails are sometimes categorized as marine, sometimes as aquatic in general, and sometimes are included in lists of land snails.

Species within the genus Peringia

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Gofas, S. (2014). Peringia Paladilhe, 1874. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151626 on 2014-11-14

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