Chilina

Chilina
Shells of Chilina fulgurata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Superfamily: Chilinoidea
Genus: Chilina
Gray, 1828
Diversity
17 freshwater species
Synonyms
  • Acyrogonia Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889
  • Auricula (Chilina) Gray, 1828 (original rank)
  • Diplicaria Rafinesque, 1833
  • Dombeia d'Orbigny, 1837
  • Dombeya (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Pseudochilina Dall, 1870

Chilina is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Chilinoidea.

Chilina is the only genus in the family Chilinidae.

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