Viviparus

Viviparus, commonly known as the river snails, is a genus of large, freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs.

They are primitive members of the clade Caenogastropoda. The old name of the genus was Paludina.

Distribution

This genus is palaearctic in distribution, and is known from the Jurassic to the Recent.

Species

Viviparus belongs to the subfamily Viviparinae. Its taxonomy is currently under development and many of its species are often included in other related genera. It includes the following species:

• † Viviparus achatinoides <small>(Deshayes, 1838)</small>
• Viviparus acerosus <small>(Bourguignat, 1862)</small>
• † Viviparus aitaiensis <small>Jekelius, 1932</small>
• † Viviparus alexandrieni <small>Cobălcescu, 1883</small>
• † Viviparus altecarinatus <small>Brusina, 1874</small>
• † Viviparus altus <small>Neumayr in Herbich & Neumayr, 1875</small>
• † Viviparus alutae <small>Jekelius, 1932</small>
• † Viviparus ambiguus <small>Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875</small>
• † Viviparus ampullaceus <small>(Bronn, 1831)</small>
• † Viviparus aquitanicus <small>(Benoist, 1873)</small>
• † Viviparus argesiensis <small>(Stefanescu, 1896)</small>
• Viviparus ater <small>(de Cristofori & Jan, 1832)</small>
• † Viviparus atriticus <small>Neumayr, 1869</small>
• † Viviparus aulacophorus <small>Brusina, 1874</small>
• † Viviparus balatonicus <small>Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875</small>
• † Viviparus bazavlukensis <small>(Datsenko, 2000)</small>
• Viviparus bengalensis <small>(Lamarck)</small>
• † Viviparus berbestiensis <small>Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985</small>
• † Viviparus bergeroni <small>(Stefanescu, 1896)</small>
• Viviparus bermondianus <small>(d'Orbigny, 1842)</small>
• † Viviparus berthae <small>Halaváts, 1914</small>
• † Viviparus berti <small>Cobălcescu, 1883</small>
• † Viviparus bifarcinatus <small>(Bielz, 1864)</small>
• † Viviparus bogdanovi <small>Brusina, 1897</small>
• † Viviparus botenicus <small>Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985</small>
• † Viviparus botezi <small>(Porumbaru, 1881)</small>
• † Viviparus bressanus <small>(Ogérien, 1867)</small>
• † Viviparus brevis <small>Tournouer, 1876</small>
• † Viviparus brevis trochlearis <small>Tournouer, 1876</small>
• † Viviparus brevis forbesi <small>Tournouer, 1876</small>
• † Viviparus brevis brevis <small>Tournouer, 1876</small>
• † Viviparus brevis carinatus <small>Tournouer, 1876</small>
• † Viviparus brevis gorceixi <small>Tournouer, 1876</small>
• † Viviparus brusinae <small>Brusina, 1874</small>
• † Viviparus bukowskii <small>Oppenheim, 1919</small>
• † Viviparus bulgaricus <small>Brusina, 1902</small>
• † Viviparus calverti <small>Neumayr, 1880</small>
• † Viviparus carenatus <small>Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985</small>
• † Viviparus cariniferus <small>(J. De C. Sowerby, 1826)</small>
• † Viviparus cerchesi <small>Cobălcescu, 1883</small>
• † Viviparus cibyraticus <small>(Spratt & Forbes, 1847)</small>
• † Viviparus clathratus <small>(Deshayes in Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire et al., 1832)</small>
• † Viviparus conicus <small>Pavlović, 1903</small>
• Viviparus contectus <small>(Millet, 1813)</small> - Lister's river snail
• † Viviparus contiguus <small>(Stefanescu, 1896)</small>
• † Viviparus courtelaryensis <small>(Rollier, 1892)</small>
• † Viviparus craiovensis <small>(Tournouër, 1880)</small>
• † Viviparus cretzestiensis <small>(Pavlov, 1925)</small>
• † Viviparus crytomaphora <small>Brusina, 1874</small>
• † Viviparus cucestiensis <small>Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985</small>
• † Viviparus cyrtomaphorus <small>Brusina, 1874</small>
• † Viviparus dacianus <small>Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985</small>
• † Viviparus darchiaci <small>Pavlović, 1903</small>
• † Viviparus dautzenbergi <small>Brusina, 1902</small>
• † Viviparus dehmi <small>Schlickum & Strauch, 1979</small>
• † Viviparus deleeuwi <small>Neubauer, Harzhauser, Georgopoulou, Mandic & Kroh, 2014</small>
• † Viviparus depressus <small>Strausz, 1942</small>
• † Viviparus dezmanianus <small>Brusina, 1874</small>
• † Viviparus diluvianus <small>(Kunth, 1865)</small>
• † Viviparus duboisi <small>(Mayer, 1856)</small>
• † Viviparus eburneus <small>Neumayr, 1869</small>
• † Viviparus egorlycensis <small>Volkova, 1955</small>
• † Viviparus elatiorpseudoturritus <small>Bogachev, 1961</small>
• † Viviparus etelkae <small>Halaváts, 1914</small>
• † Viviparus falconensis <small>Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985</small>
• † Viviparus falsani <small>(Fischer in Falsan & Locard, 1867)</small>
• † Viviparus ferratus <small>(Quenstedt, 1884)</small>
• † Viviparus fuchsi <small>Neumayr, 1872</small>
• Viviparus georgianus <small>(I. Lea, 1834)</small> - banded mystery snail
• † Viviparus getianus <small>Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985</small>
• † Viviparus gibbus <small>(Sandberger, 1880)</small>
• † Viviparus glacialis <small>(S. Wood, 1872)</small>
• † Viviparus globulosus <small>(Serres, 1853)</small>
• † Viviparus glockeri <small>(Quenstedt, 1884)</small>
• † Viviparus glogovensis <small>(Stefanescu, 1896)</small>
• Viviparus goodrichi <small>Archer, 1933</small> - globose mysterysnail
• † Viviparus gracilis <small>Lörenthey, 1894</small>
• † Viviparus graciosus <small>Jekelius, 1932</small>
• † Viviparus grandis <small>Neumayr in Herbich & Neumayr, 1875</small>
• † Viviparus heberti <small>Cobălcescu, 1883</small>
• † Viviparus hectoris <small>(Hoernes, 1877)</small>
• Viviparus hellenicus <small>Westerlund, 1886</small>
• † Viviparus herbichi <small>Neumayr in Herbich & Neumayr, 1875</small>
• † Viviparus hoernesi <small>Neumayr, 1869</small>
• † Viviparus inflexus <small>(Ludwig, 1865)</small>
• Viviparus intertextus <small>(Say, 1829)</small> - rotund mysterysnail
• † Viviparus jalpuchensis <small>(Datsenko in Gozhik & Datsenko, 2007)</small>
• Viviparus japonicus <small>Von Martens</small>
• † Viviparus jarcae <small>Cobălcescu, 1883</small>
• † Viviparus karaganicus <small>Volkova, 1955</small>
• † Viviparus kaschpurica <small>(Pavlov, 1925)</small>
• † Viviparus kurdensis <small>Lörenthey, 1894</small>
• † Viviparus lacedaemoniorum <small>Oppenheim, 1891</small>
• † Viviparus leiostraca <small>Brusina, 1874</small>
• † Viviparus lignitarum <small>Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875</small>
• Viviparus limi <small>Pilsbry, 1918</small> - Ochlockonee mysterysnail
• † Viviparus loczyi <small>Halaváts, 1903</small>
• † Viviparus lomejkoi <small>Pavlović, 1932</small>
• † Viviparus loxostomus <small>(Sandberger, 1875)</small>
• † Viviparus lubenescuae <small>Neubauer, Harzhauser, Georgopoulou, Mandic & Kroh, 2014</small>
• † Viviparus lungershauseni <small>Bogachev, 1961</small>
• † Viviparus macarovicii <small>Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985</small>
• Viviparus mamillatus <small>(Küster, 1852)</small>
• † Viviparus mammatus <small>(Stefanescu, 1889)</small>
• † Viviparus mandarinicus <small>(Seninski, 1905)</small>
• † Viviparus mangikiani <small>Bogachev, 1961</small>
• † Viviparus marnyanus <small>Bogachev, 1961</small>
• † Viviparus mazuranici <small>Brusina, 1902</small>
• † Viviparus megarensis <small>Fuchs, 1877</small>
• † Viviparus mehedintzensis <small>Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985</small>
• Viviparus monardi <small>(Haas, 1934)</small>
• † Viviparus monasterialis <small>Fontannes, 1887</small>
• † Viviparus monspesulanus <small>Wenz, 1928</small>
• † Viviparus motasi <small>Papaianopol & Macaleț, 2004</small>
• † Viviparus motruensis <small>(Stefanescu, 1896)</small>
• † Viviparus multicostatus <small>(Seninski, 1905)</small>
• † Viviparus murgescui <small>Cobălcescu, 1883</small>
• † Viviparus muscelensis <small>(Stefanescu, 1897)</small>
• † Viviparus neumayri <small>Brusina, 1874</small>
• † Viviparus neustruevi <small>(Pavlov, 1925)</small>
• † Viviparus nodosocostatus <small>Halaváts, 1887</small>
• † Viviparus nothus <small>Brusina, 1874</small>
• † Viviparus novskaensis <small>Penecke, 1886</small>
• † Viviparus oncophorae <small>Rzehak, 1893</small>
• † Viviparus oncophorus <small>Brusina, 1874</small>
• † Viviparus ornatus <small>Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875</small>
• † Viviparus ovidii <small>Bogachev, 1961</small>
• † Viviparus ovidiiformis <small>(Datsenko in Gozhik & Datsenko, 2007)</small>
• † Viviparus ovulum <small>Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875</small>
• † Viviparus pachystoma <small>(Sandberger, 1859)</small>
• † Viviparus pannonicus <small>Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875</small>
• † Viviparus pantanellii <small>Wenz, 1919</small>
• † Viviparus pauli <small>Brusina, 1874</small>
• † Viviparus phasianella <small>(Boettger, 1887)</small>
• † Viviparus pilari <small>Brusina, 1874</small>
• † Viviparus pollonerae <small>Sacco, 1884</small>
• † Viviparus praecursus <small>(Tournouër, 1879)</small>
• † Viviparus prahovensis <small>Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985</small>
• † Viviparus precraiovensis <small>Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985</small>
• † Viviparus prutulensis <small>(Datsenko, 2002)</small>
• † Viviparus pseudoachatinoides <small>(Pavlov, 1925)</small>
• † Viviparus pseudodezmanianus <small>Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985</small>
• † Viviparus pseudogracilis <small>Strausz, 1942</small>
• † Viviparus pseudomotruensis <small>Bogachev, 1961</small>
• † Viviparus pseudosadleri <small>(Pavlov, 1925)</small>
• † Viviparus pseudovukotinovici <small>Jekelius, 1932</small>
• † Viviparus pulchriformis <small>Papp in Papp & Thenius, 1952</small>
• Viviparus quadratus <small>Benson, 1842</small>
• Viviparus quadratus disparis
• †’’ Viviparus recurrens’’ <small>Penecke, 1886</small>
• † Viviparus rhodensis <small>Bukowski, 1892</small>
• † Viviparus romaloi <small>Cobălcescu, 1883</small>
• † Viviparus rothi <small>Lörenthey, 1906</small>
• † Viviparus rudis <small>Neumayr, 1869</small>
• † Viviparus rumanus <small>(Tournouër, 1879)</small>
• † Viviparus sadleri <small>Neumayr, 1869</small>
• † Viviparus semseyi <small>Halaváts, 1903</small>
• † Viviparus serresi <small>Wenz, 1928</small>
• Viviparus sphaeridius <small>(Bourguignat, 1880)</small>
• † Viviparus spurius <small>Brusina, 1874</small>
• † Viviparus stefanescui <small>(Stefanescu, 1896)</small>
• † Viviparus stevanovici <small>Neubauer, Harzhauser, Kroh, Georgopoulou & Mandic, 2014</small>
• † Viviparus stricturatus <small>Neumayr, 1869</small>
• † Viviparus strossmayerianus <small>Brusina, 1874</small>
• † Viviparus sturi <small>Neumayr, 1869</small>
• † Viviparus subconcinnus <small>(Sinzov, 1876)</small>
• † Viviparus sublentus <small>d'Orbigny, 1850</small>
• Viviparus subpurpureus <small>(Say, 1829)</small> - olive mystery snail
• † Viviparus suessi <small>Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875</small>
• † Viviparus suessoniensis <small>(Deshayes, 1826)</small>
• † Viviparus suevicus <small>Wenz, 1919</small>
• † Viviparus sukljei <small>Jenko, 1944</small>
• † Viviparus symeonidisi <small>Schütt, 1986</small>
• † Viviparus syzranicus <small>(Pavlov, 1925)</small>
• † Viviparus tardyanus <small>Locard, 1883</small>
• † Viviparus teschi <small>Meijer, 1990</small>
• † Viviparus tohanensis <small>Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985</small>
• † Viviparus tomici <small>Brusina, 1902</small>
• † Viviparus transitorius <small>(Stefanescu, 1889)</small>
• † Viviparus treffortensis <small>Delafond & Depéret, 1893</small>
• Viviparus tricinctus <small>Liu, Zhang & Wang, 1994</small>
• † Viviparus tuberculatus <small>Berdnikova, 1977</small>
• † Viviparus tumidus <small>Stefanescu, 1896</small>
• † Viviparus turgidus <small>(Bielz, 1864)</small>
• † Viviparus uniangulatus <small>(Hall, 1845)</small>
• † Viviparus uva <small>(Stefanescu, 1897)</small>
• † Viviparus ventricosus <small>(Sandberger, 1875)</small>
• † Viviparus viminaticus <small>Brusina, 1902</small>
• † Viviparus vinodoli <small>Koch, 1922</small>
• Viviparus viviparus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> - river snail
• † Viviparus volgensis <small>(Pavlov, 1925)</small>
• † Viviparus vukotinovicii <small>(Frauenfeld, 1862)</small>
• † Viviparus wesselinghi <small>Neubauer, Harzhauser, Georgopoulou, Mandic & Kroh, 2014</small>
• † Viviparus wolfi <small>Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875</small>
• † Viviparus woodwardi <small>Brusina, 1885</small>
• † Viviparus zelebori <small>Neumayr, 1869</small>

Species brought into synonymy

• † Viviparus bifarcinatus stricturatus <small>Neumayr, 1869</small>: synonym of † Viviparus woodwardi <small>Brusina, 1885</small>
• † Viviparus dezmanianus dacicus <small>Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985</small>: synonym of † Viviparus dezmanianus turbureensis <small>Fontannes, 1887</small>
• † Viviparus incertus <small>Macarovici, 1940</small>: synonym of † Viviparus wesselinghi <small>Neubauer, Harzhauser, Georgopoulou, Mandic & Kroh, 2014</small>
• Viviparus malleatus <small>Reeve, 1863</small> synonym of Cipangopaludina malleata <small>(Reeve, 1863)</small>
• † Viviparus rudis strossmayerianus <small>Brusina, 1874</small>: synonym of † Viviparus strossmayerianus <small>Brusina, 1874</small>
• † Viviparus woodwardi argesiensis <small>(Stefanescu, 1896)</small>: synonym of † Viviparus argesiensis <small>(Stefanescu, 1896)</small>

References

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.

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