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General Characteristics of the Family Lymnaeidae

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The Lymnaeidae

Part of the book series: Zoological Monographs ((ZM,volume 7))

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The article provides a brief introduction to the Lymnaeidae and contains short reviews of taxonomy, the fossil record, morphology, biogeography, and ecology of these snails, with an emphasis on the extant representatives of the family.

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MVV is thankful for the financial support of his lymnaeid studies to the Russian Scientific Fund (project No. 19-14-00066/P). Peter Glöer (Hetlingen, Germany) and Ivan Nekhaev (St. Petersburg, Russia) are acknowledged for sending us some photos used in this chapter.

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Vinarski, M.V., Pointier, JP. (2023). General Characteristics of the Family Lymnaeidae. In: Vinarski, M.V., Vázquez, A.A. (eds) The Lymnaeidae. Zoological Monographs, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30292-3_2

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