Valvatidae
Valvatidae, the valve snails, is a taxonomic family of very small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.Taxonomy
The family Valvatidae has no subfamilies.Genera
The type genus of this family is Valvata O.F. Müller, 1774.
Genera in the family Valvatidae include:
- Andrussovia Brusina, 1903
- Borysthenia Lindholm, 1933
- Costovalvata Polinski, 1932
- Liratina Lindholm, 1906
- Megalovalvata Lindholm, 1906
- Valvata Müller, 1774
- * Cincinna Hübner, 1810 - It is recognized either as genus of a subgenus of Valvata.
Ecology
Snails in the family Valvatidae are useful for measuring water quality as biological indicators. According to the Biological monitoring working party they have a score of 3, which means that they have quite a high tolerance to pollutants.
