Viviparus, common name the river snails, is a genus of large, freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.
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 (Deshayes, 1838) Viviparus acerosus (Bourguignat, 1862) † Viviparus aitaiensis Jekelius, 1932 † Viviparus alexandrieni Cobălcescu, 1883 † Viviparus altecarinatus Brusina, 1874 † Viviparus altus Neumayr in Herbich & Neumayr, 1875 † Viviparus alutae Jekelius, 1932 † Viviparus ambiguus Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875 † Viviparus ampullaceus (Bronn, 1831) † Viviparus aquitanicus (Benoist, 1873) † Viviparus argesiensis (Stefanescu, 1896) Viviparus ater (de Cristofori & Jan, 1832) † Viviparus atriticus Neumayr, 1869 † Viviparus aulacophorus Brusina, 1874 † Viviparus balatonicus Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875 † Viviparus bazavlukensis (Datsenko, 2000) Viviparus bengalensis (Lamarck) † Viviparus berbestiensis Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985 † Viviparus bergeroni (Stefanescu, 1896) Viviparus bermondianus (d'Orbigny, 1842) † Viviparus berthae Halaváts, 1914 † Viviparus berti Cobălcescu, 1883 † Viviparus bifarcinatus (Bielz, 1864) † Viviparus bogdanovi Brusina, 1897 † Viviparus botenicus Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985 † Viviparus botezi (Porumbaru, 1881) † Viviparus bressanus (Ogérien, 1867) † Viviparus brevis Tournouer, 1876 † Viviparus brevis trochlearis Tournouer, 1876 † Viviparus brevis forbesi Tournouer, 1876 † Viviparus brevis brevis Tournouer, 1876 † Viviparus brevis carinatus Tournouer, 1876 † Viviparus brevis gorceixi Tournouer, 1876 † Viviparus brusinae Brusina, 1874 † Viviparus bukowskii Oppenheim, 1919 † Viviparus bulgaricus Brusina, 1902 † Viviparus calverti Neumayr, 1880 † Viviparus carenatus Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985 † Viviparus cerchesi Cobălcescu, 1883 † Viviparus cibyraticus (Spratt & Forbes, 1847) † Viviparus clathratus (Deshayes in Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire et al., 1832) † Viviparus conicus Pavlović, 1903 Viviparus contectus (Millet, 1813) - Lister's river snail † Viviparus contiguus (Stefanescu, 1896) † Viviparus courtelaryensis (Rollier, 1892) † Viviparus craiovensis (Tournouër, 1880) † Viviparus cretzestiensis (Pavlov, 1925) † Viviparus crytomaphora Brusina, 1874 † Viviparus cucestiensis Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985 † Viviparus cyrtomaphorus Brusina, 1874 † Viviparus dacianus Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985 † Viviparus darchiaci Pavlović, 1903 † Viviparus dautzenbergi Brusina, 1902 † Viviparus dehmi Schlickum & Strauch, 1979 † Viviparus deleeuwi Neubauer, Harzhauser, Georgopoulou, Mandic & Kroh, 2014 † Viviparus depressus Strausz, 1942 † Viviparus dezmanianus Brusina, 1874 † Viviparus diluvianus (Kunth, 1865) † Viviparus duboisi (Mayer, 1856) † Viviparus eburneus Neumayr, 1869 † Viviparus egorlycensis Volkova, 1955 † Viviparus elatiorpseudoturritus Bogachev, 1961 † Viviparus etelkae Halaváts, 1914 † Viviparus falconensis Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985 † Viviparus falsani (Fischer in Falsan & Locard, 1867) † Viviparus ferratus (Quenstedt, 1884) † Viviparus fuchsi Neumayr, 1872 Viviparus georgianus (I. Lea, 1834) - banded mystery snail † Viviparus getianus Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985 † Viviparus gibbus (Sandberger, 1880) † Viviparus glacialis (S.