The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species

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Title	The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species
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Description of New Species of Asiatic shells.
by CMF Ancey
The Nautilus 14 pages 83--84 (1900)
The aquatic fauna of Seistan.
by N Annandale
Records of the Indian Museum 18 pages 235--253 (1921)
- 97594
The Mollusca Fauna of the Inland Waters of Baluchistan and of Seistan.
by N Annandale;B Prashad
Records of the Indian Museum 18 pages 18--62 (1919)
Materials for a revision of the recent Indian Lymnaeidae (Mollusca Pulmonata).
by N Annandale;HS Rao
Records of the Indian Museum 27 pages 137--189 (1925)
The history of Theodoxus and Neritina connected with description and systematic evaluation of related Neritimorpha (Gastropoda).
by K Bandel
Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg. 85 pages 65--164 (2001)
European Lymnaeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), intermediate hosts of trematodiases, based on nuclear ribosomal DNA ITS-2 sequences.
by MD Bargues;M Vigo;P Horak;J Dvorak;RA Patzner;JP Pointier;M Jackiewicz;C Meier-Brook;S Mas-Coma
Infection, Genetics and Evolution 1 pages 85--107 (2001)
- 10.1016/S1567-1348(01)00019-3
Collecting Mollusca on the Iranian Plateau.
by HEJ Biggs
The Nautilus 50 pages 8--13 (1936)
Mollusca of the Iranian Plateau.
by HEJ Biggs
Journal of Conchology 20 pages 342--350 (1937)
Mollusca of the Iranian Plateau-III.
by HEJ Biggs
Journal of Conchology 27 pages 211--220 (1971)
Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families.
by Ph Bouchet;JP Rocroi
Malacologia 47 pages 1--397 (2005)
Malacologie de l’Algérie. Histoire naturelle des animaux mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles.
by JR Bourguignat
Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. 2nd ed.
by DS Brown
Distribution and Ecology of Bulinus truncatus in Khuzestan, Iran.
by KY Chu;J Massoud;F Arfaa
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 39 pages 607--637 (1968)
Die Gastropoden-Fauna des Kaspischen Meeres.
by W Dybowski
Malakozoologische Blätter N.F. 10 pages 1--79 (1888)
The Freshwater Mollusca of Northern Africa.
by D van Damme
The status and distribution of freshwater molluscs.
by D van Damme;M Ghamizi;G Soliman;A McIvor;M Seddon
Fauna caspio-caucasia nonnullis observationibus novis. Petropoli. IV + 233 pp. + 2 pp. Corrigenda, 40 Taf.
by E Eichwald
Snailsfrom the northern parts of Iran(Caspian Sea).
by M Eliazian;Y Tamiji;M Akbarzadeh;J Hagh-Nazari
Archives of Razi Institute 31 pages 29--36 (1979)
Die Mollusken der nordpersischen Provinz Masenderan und ihre tiergeographische Bedeutung.
by L Forcart
Archiv für Naturgeschichte, N.F. 4 pages 404--447 (1935)
Abundance of Molluscs (Gastropods) at Mangrove Forests of Iran.
by S Ghasemi;M Zakaria;N Mola Hoveizeh
Journal of American Science 7 pages 660--669 (2011)
Mapping the diversity: Geographical distribution of the freshwater snail Melanopsis (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Melanopsidae) with focus on its systematics in Mediterranean basin.
by M Glaubrecht
Miutteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Museum und Institut 90 pages 41--97 (1993)
Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Bestimmungsschlüssel, Lebensweise, Verbreitung.
by P Glöer
Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 73 (2002)
Zur Identität von Gyraulus piscinarum Bourguignat 1852 mit der Beschreibung von G. bekaensis n. sp. (Gastropoda: Planorbidae).
by P Glöer;U Bössneck
Mollusca 25 pages 139--146 (2007)
Redescription of Anisus septemgyratus (Rossmässler, 1835) and Anisus leucostoma (Millet, 1813) (Gastropoda: Planorbidae).
by P Glöer;C Meier-Brook
Mollusca 26 pages 89--94 (2008)
On the identity of Bithynia graeca gen. n. (Westerlund, 1879) with the description of three new Pseudobithynia irana n. gen species from Iran and Greece (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae).
by P Glöer;V Pešić
Malakologische Abhandlungen 24 pages 29--36 (2006)
New freshwater gastropod species of the Iran (Gastropoda: Stenothyridae, Bithyniidae, Hydrobiidae).
by P Glöer;V Pešić
Mollusca 27 pages 33--39 (2009)
The Planorbis species of the Balkans with the description of Planorbis vitojensis sp. n. (Gastropoda: Planorbidae).
by P Glöer;V Pešić
Journal of Conchology 40 pages 249--257 (2010)
Meeres-Gehäuseschnecken Deutschlands, Bestimmungsschlüssel, Lebensweise, Verbreitung.
by K-J Götting
Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 80 pages 1--179 (2008)
Ecrobia grimmi in brackish Lake Sawa, Iraq: indirect evidence for long-distance dispersal of hydrobiid gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) by birds.
by M Haase;MD Naser;T Wilke
Journal of Molluscan studies 76 pages 101--105 (2010)
- 10.1093/mollus/eyp051
Conchometrics, systematics and distribution of Melanopsis (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Levant.
by J Heller;P Mordan;F Ben-Ami;N Sivan
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144 pages 229--260 (2005)
- 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00172.x
Recent Lymnaeidae. Their variation, morphology, taxonomy, nomenclature and distribution. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar.
by B Hubendick
Fjärde Serien 3 pages 1--223 (1951)
Catalogo dei Molluschi raccolti dalla Missione Italiana in Persia, aggiuntavi la descrizione delle specie nuove o poco note. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, (Ser. II) 23 [1866]: 387–439, 3 tavv. Torino. [Separatum: pp. 1–55, 3 tavv. Stamperia Reale, Torino 1865.]
by A Issel
Catalogue of the Continental Mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories. Version 2.3 (published online on December 22, 2009: http://www.ruthenica.com/documents/Continental_Russian_molluscs_ver2–3.pdf)
by YI Kantor;MV Vinarski;AA Schileyko;AV Sysoev
Revision of the African Bithyniidae (Gastropoda Prosobranchia).
by G Mandahl-Barth
Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 78 pages 129--159 (1968)
Ueber vorderasiatische Conchylien nach den Sammlungen des Prof. Hausknecht. Novitates conchologicae. Supplement V.: 63–82 (Gastropoda).
by E von Martens
Die Gattung Neritina. Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet, II. 10, 303 pp.
by E von Martens
A practical guide to the identification of the freshwater snails of Iran.
by A Mansoorian
Iranian Journal Public Health 15 pages 41--53 (1986)
Some freshwater snails from Iran. In: R Bieler R, Mikkelsen PM (Eds) Abstracts of World Congress of Malacology, July 1998, Washington DC, 206.
by A Mansoorian
Freshwater snails of Iran. Scientific publication of School of Public Health & Institute of Public Health Research, Technical series 2145: 1374.
by A Mansoorian
Some freshwater snails from Northern Iran.
by A Mansoorian
Iranian Journal Public Health 29 pages 77--82 (2000)
by A Mansoorian
Iranian International Journal of Science 2 pages 1--9 (2001)
Freshwater mollusk fauna of the Khuzestan and Khorram-Bad areas in Southwestern Iran.Malacological Review12: 96.
by J Massoud;M Hedayeti-Far
Taxonomic studies on Gyraulus (Gastropoda: Planorbidae).
by C Meier-Brook
Malacologia 24 pages 1--113 (1983)
- 100954
Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles recueillies par M. le Dr Alexandre Schlaefli en Orient.Journal de Conchyliologie (5th series), 22: 1–60.
by MA Mousson
Aquatic invertebrates of the Ganga River System. Mollusca, Annelida, Crustacea (in part), 1, 263 pp.
by H Nesemann;S Sharma;G Sharma;SN Khanal;B Pradhan;DN Shah;RD Tachamo
Annotated checklist of the terrestrial and freshwater molluscs of the Arabian Peninsula with description of new species.
by E Neubert
Fauna of Arabia 17 pages 333--461 (1998)
A checklist of the water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of Iran.
by V Pešić;A Saboori
Zootaxa 1473 pages 45--68 (2007)
Water mites delineating the Oriental and Palaearctic regions - the unique fauna of southern Iran, with description of one new genus, one new subgenus and 14 new species.
by V Pešić;H Smit;A Saboori
Zootaxa 3330 pages 1--67 (2012)
Comparing the efficacy of morphologic and DNA-based taxonomy in the freshwater gastropod genus Radix (Basommatophora, Pulmonata). BiomedCentral Evolutionary Biology 14 pp. BMC Evolutionary Biology2006, 6:100
by M Pfenninger;M Cordellier;B Streit
- 10.1186/1471-2148-6-100
Report on the freshwater gastropod molluscs of lower Mesopotamia. Part III.
by B Prashad
The families Neritidae, Hydrobiidae and Melaniidae, Records of Indian Museum, 18 pages 215--26 (1921)
- 97773
Hydrobioidea a superfamily of Prosobranchia (Gastropoda). I. Systematics. Monographs 547, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 256 pp.
by P Radoman
Handbook on Indian Freshwater Molluscs. Zoological Survey of India, 399 pp.
by Ramakrishna;A Dey
Intraspecific morphological and genetic variability in Radix balthica (Linnaeus 1758) (Gastropoda: Basommatophora: Lymnaeidae) with morphological comparison to other European Radix species.
by K Schniebs;P Glöer;MV Vinarski;AK Hundsdoerfer
Journal of Conchology 40 pages 657--678 (2011)
Einige Süsswassermollusken der zentralen Hochtäler Westasiens.
by H Schütt
Basteria 37 pages 31--38 (1973)
Eine kleine Molluskenausbeute aus Nord- und Ostiran.
by F Starmühlner
Sitzungsberichte der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung I, 170 pages 89--99 (1961)
Eine weiterer Beitrag zur Wassermolluskenfauna des Iran.
by F Starmühlner
Sitzungsberichte der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung I, 174 pages 171--183 (1965)
Ergebnisse der Österreichischen Iran-Expedition 1949/50 (Mit Berücksichtigung der Ausbeute der Österreichischen Iran-Expedition 1956): Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna des Iran. Sitzungsberichte der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung I, 166 (9/10): 435–494.
by F Starmühlner;A Edlauer
Handbook Freshwater Molluscs of India.
by NV Subba Rao
Türkiye Prosobranchia (Gastropoda: Mollusca) Türleri ve Zoocoğrafik Yayıhşları.
by MZ Yılıdırım
Turkish Journal of Zoology 23 pages 877--900 (1994)
Fauna der in der paläarctischen Region lebenden Binnenconchylien. 6:Fam. Ampullaridae, Paludinidae, Rissoidae, Assiminidae, Valvatidae, Melanidae & Neritidae. Lund (Ohlsson), 156+13 pp.
by CA Westerlund
Mollusks of Fresh and Brackish Waters of the U.S.S.R. Academie of Sciences of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (translated by the Israel Program of Scientific Translations, Jerusalem 1965), xvi + 368 pp.
by VI Zhadin

Only known citations between publications in BioNames are listed here.

[1] Description of New Species of Asiatic shells.
by CMF Ancey
The Nautilus 14 pages 83--84 (1900)

[2] The aquatic fauna of Seistan.
by N Annandale
Records of the Indian Museum 18 pages 235--253 (1921)
97594

[3] 97594

[4] The Mollusca Fauna of the Inland Waters of Baluchistan and of Seistan.
by N Annandale;B Prashad
Records of the Indian Museum 18 pages 18--62 (1919)

[5] Materials for a revision of the recent Indian Lymnaeidae (Mollusca Pulmonata).
by N Annandale;HS Rao
Records of the Indian Museum 27 pages 137--189 (1925)

[6] The history of Theodoxus and Neritina connected with description and systematic evaluation of related Neritimorpha (Gastropoda).
by K Bandel
Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg. 85 pages 65--164 (2001)

[7] European Lymnaeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), intermediate hosts of trematodiases, based on nuclear ribosomal DNA ITS-2 sequences.
by MD Bargues;M Vigo;P Horak;J Dvorak;RA Patzner;JP Pointier;M Jackiewicz;C Meier-Brook;S Mas-Coma
Infection, Genetics and Evolution 1 pages 85--107 (2001)
10.1016/S1567-1348(01)00019-3

[8] 10.1016/S1567-1348(01)00019-3

[9] Collecting Mollusca on the Iranian Plateau.
by HEJ Biggs
The Nautilus 50 pages 8--13 (1936)

[10] Mollusca of the Iranian Plateau.
by HEJ Biggs
Journal of Conchology 20 pages 342--350 (1937)

[11] Mollusca of the Iranian Plateau-III.
by HEJ Biggs
Journal of Conchology 27 pages 211--220 (1971)

[12] Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families.
by Ph Bouchet;JP Rocroi
Malacologia 47 pages 1--397 (2005)

[13] Malacologie de l’Algérie. Histoire naturelle des animaux mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles.
by JR Bourguignat

[14] Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. 2nd ed.
by DS Brown

[15] Distribution and Ecology of Bulinus truncatus in Khuzestan, Iran.
by KY Chu;J Massoud;F Arfaa
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 39 pages 607--637 (1968)

[16] Die Gastropoden-Fauna des Kaspischen Meeres.
by W Dybowski
Malakozoologische Blätter N.F. 10 pages 1--79 (1888)

[17] The Freshwater Mollusca of Northern Africa.
by D van Damme

[18] The status and distribution of freshwater molluscs.
by D van Damme;M Ghamizi;G Soliman;A McIvor;M Seddon

[19] Fauna caspio-caucasia nonnullis observationibus novis. Petropoli. IV + 233 pp. + 2 pp. Corrigenda, 40 Taf.
by E Eichwald

[20] Snailsfrom the northern parts of Iran(Caspian Sea).
by M Eliazian;Y Tamiji;M Akbarzadeh;J Hagh-Nazari
Archives of Razi Institute 31 pages 29--36 (1979)

[21] Die Mollusken der nordpersischen Provinz Masenderan und ihre tiergeographische Bedeutung.
by L Forcart
Archiv für Naturgeschichte, N.F. 4 pages 404--447 (1935)

[22] Abundance of Molluscs (Gastropods) at Mangrove Forests of Iran.
by S Ghasemi;M Zakaria;N Mola Hoveizeh
Journal of American Science 7 pages 660--669 (2011)

[23] Mapping the diversity: Geographical distribution of the freshwater snail Melanopsis (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Melanopsidae) with focus on its systematics in Mediterranean basin.
by M Glaubrecht
Miutteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Museum und Institut 90 pages 41--97 (1993)

[24] Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Bestimmungsschlüssel, Lebensweise, Verbreitung.
by P Glöer
Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 73 (2002)

[25] Zur Identität von Gyraulus piscinarum Bourguignat 1852 mit der Beschreibung von G. bekaensis n. sp. (Gastropoda: Planorbidae).
by P Glöer;U Bössneck
Mollusca 25 pages 139--146 (2007)

[26] Redescription of Anisus septemgyratus (Rossmässler, 1835) and Anisus leucostoma (Millet, 1813) (Gastropoda: Planorbidae).
by P Glöer;C Meier-Brook
Mollusca 26 pages 89--94 (2008)

[27] On the identity of Bithynia graeca gen. n. (Westerlund, 1879) with the description of three new Pseudobithynia irana n. gen species from Iran and Greece (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae).
by P Glöer;V Pešić
Malakologische Abhandlungen 24 pages 29--36 (2006)

[28] New freshwater gastropod species of the Iran (Gastropoda: Stenothyridae, Bithyniidae, Hydrobiidae).
by P Glöer;V Pešić
Mollusca 27 pages 33--39 (2009)

[29] The Planorbis species of the Balkans with the description of Planorbis vitojensis sp. n. (Gastropoda: Planorbidae).
by P Glöer;V Pešić
Journal of Conchology 40 pages 249--257 (2010)

[30] Meeres-Gehäuseschnecken Deutschlands, Bestimmungsschlüssel, Lebensweise, Verbreitung.
by K-J Götting
Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 80 pages 1--179 (2008)

[31] Ecrobia grimmi in brackish Lake Sawa, Iraq: indirect evidence for long-distance dispersal of hydrobiid gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) by birds.
by M Haase;MD Naser;T Wilke
Journal of Molluscan studies 76 pages 101--105 (2010)
10.1093/mollus/eyp051

[32] 10.1093/mollus/eyp051

[33] Conchometrics, systematics and distribution of Melanopsis (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Levant.
by J Heller;P Mordan;F Ben-Ami;N Sivan
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144 pages 229--260 (2005)
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00172.x

[34] 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00172.x

[35] Recent Lymnaeidae. Their variation, morphology, taxonomy, nomenclature and distribution. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar.
by B Hubendick
Fjärde Serien 3 pages 1--223 (1951)

[36] Catalogo dei Molluschi raccolti dalla Missione Italiana in Persia, aggiuntavi la descrizione delle specie nuove o poco note. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, (Ser. II) 23 [1866]: 387–439, 3 tavv. Torino. [Separatum: pp. 1–55, 3 tavv. Stamperia Reale, Torino 1865.]
by A Issel

[37] Catalogue of the Continental Mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories. Version 2.3 (published online on December 22, 2009: http://www.ruthenica.com/documents/Continental_Russian_molluscs_ver2–3.pdf)
by YI Kantor;MV Vinarski;AA Schileyko;AV Sysoev

[38] Revision of the African Bithyniidae (Gastropoda Prosobranchia).
by G Mandahl-Barth
Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 78 pages 129--159 (1968)

[39] Ueber vorderasiatische Conchylien nach den Sammlungen des Prof. Hausknecht. Novitates conchologicae. Supplement V.: 63–82 (Gastropoda).
by E von Martens

[40] Die Gattung Neritina. Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet, II. 10, 303 pp.
by E von Martens

[41] A practical guide to the identification of the freshwater snails of Iran.
by A Mansoorian
Iranian Journal Public Health 15 pages 41--53 (1986)

[42] Some freshwater snails from Iran. In: R Bieler R, Mikkelsen PM (Eds) Abstracts of World Congress of Malacology, July 1998, Washington DC, 206.
by A Mansoorian

[43] Freshwater snails of Iran. Scientific publication of School of Public Health & Institute of Public Health Research, Technical series 2145: 1374.
by A Mansoorian

[44] Some freshwater snails from Northern Iran.
by A Mansoorian
Iranian Journal Public Health 29 pages 77--82 (2000)

[45] by A Mansoorian
Iranian International Journal of Science 2 pages 1--9 (2001)

[46] Freshwater mollusk fauna of the Khuzestan and Khorram-Bad areas in Southwestern Iran.Malacological Review12: 96.
by J Massoud;M Hedayeti-Far

[47] Taxonomic studies on Gyraulus (Gastropoda: Planorbidae).
by C Meier-Brook
Malacologia 24 pages 1--113 (1983)
100954

[48] 100954

[49] Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles recueillies par M. le Dr Alexandre Schlaefli en Orient.Journal de Conchyliologie (5th series), 22: 1–60.
by MA Mousson

[50] Aquatic invertebrates of the Ganga River System. Mollusca, Annelida, Crustacea (in part), 1, 263 pp.
by H Nesemann;S Sharma;G Sharma;SN Khanal;B Pradhan;DN Shah;RD Tachamo

[51] Annotated checklist of the terrestrial and freshwater molluscs of the Arabian Peninsula with description of new species.
by E Neubert
Fauna of Arabia 17 pages 333--461 (1998)

[52] A checklist of the water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of Iran.
by V Pešić;A Saboori
Zootaxa 1473 pages 45--68 (2007)

[53] Water mites delineating the Oriental and Palaearctic regions - the unique fauna of southern Iran, with description of one new genus, one new subgenus and 14 new species.
by V Pešić;H Smit;A Saboori
Zootaxa 3330 pages 1--67 (2012)

[54] Comparing the efficacy of morphologic and DNA-based taxonomy in the freshwater gastropod genus Radix (Basommatophora, Pulmonata). BiomedCentral Evolutionary Biology 14 pp. BMC Evolutionary Biology2006, 6:100
by M Pfenninger;M Cordellier;B Streit
10.1186/1471-2148-6-100

[55] 10.1186/1471-2148-6-100

[56] Report on the freshwater gastropod molluscs of lower Mesopotamia. Part III.
by B Prashad
The families Neritidae, Hydrobiidae and Melaniidae, Records of Indian Museum, 18 pages 215--26 (1921)
97773

[57] 97773

[58] Hydrobioidea a superfamily of Prosobranchia (Gastropoda). I. Systematics. Monographs 547, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 256 pp.
by P Radoman

[59] Handbook on Indian Freshwater Molluscs. Zoological Survey of India, 399 pp.
by Ramakrishna;A Dey

[60] Intraspecific morphological and genetic variability in Radix balthica (Linnaeus 1758) (Gastropoda: Basommatophora: Lymnaeidae) with morphological comparison to other European Radix species.
by K Schniebs;P Glöer;MV Vinarski;AK Hundsdoerfer
Journal of Conchology 40 pages 657--678 (2011)

[61] Einige Süsswassermollusken der zentralen Hochtäler Westasiens.
by H Schütt
Basteria 37 pages 31--38 (1973)

[62] Eine kleine Molluskenausbeute aus Nord- und Ostiran.
by F Starmühlner
Sitzungsberichte der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung I, 170 pages 89--99 (1961)

[63] Eine weiterer Beitrag zur Wassermolluskenfauna des Iran.
by F Starmühlner
Sitzungsberichte der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung I, 174 pages 171--183 (1965)

[64] Ergebnisse der Österreichischen Iran-Expedition 1949/50 (Mit Berücksichtigung der Ausbeute der Österreichischen Iran-Expedition 1956): Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna des Iran. Sitzungsberichte der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung I, 166 (9/10): 435–494.
by F Starmühlner;A Edlauer

[65] Handbook Freshwater Molluscs of India.
by NV Subba Rao

[66] Türkiye Prosobranchia (Gastropoda: Mollusca) Türleri ve Zoocoğrafik Yayıhşları.
by MZ Yılıdırım
Turkish Journal of Zoology 23 pages 877--900 (1994)

[67] Fauna der in der paläarctischen Region lebenden Binnenconchylien. 6:Fam. Ampullaridae, Paludinidae, Rissoidae, Assiminidae, Valvatidae, Melanidae & Neritidae. Lund (Ohlsson), 156+13 pp.
by CA Westerlund

[68] Mollusks of Fresh and Brackish Waters of the U.S.S.R. Academie of Sciences of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (translated by the Israel Program of Scientific Translations, Jerusalem 1965), xvi + 368 pp.
by VI Zhadin

Description of New Species of Asiatic shells.

The Mollusca Fauna of the Inland Waters of Baluchistan and of Seistan.

European Lymnaeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), intermediate hosts of trematodiases, based on nuclear ribosomal DNA ITS-2 sequences.

Collecting Mollusca on the Iranian Plateau.

Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families.

Malacologie de l’Algérie. Histoire naturelle des animaux mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles.

Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. 2nd ed.

Distribution and Ecology of Bulinus truncatus in Khuzestan, Iran.

Die Gastropoden-Fauna des Kaspischen Meeres.

The Freshwater Mollusca of Northern Africa.

The status and distribution of freshwater molluscs.

Fauna caspio-caucasia nonnullis observationibus novis. Petropoli. IV + 233 pp. + 2 pp. Corrigenda, 40 Taf.

Snailsfrom the northern parts of Iran(Caspian Sea).

Abundance of Molluscs (Gastropods) at Mangrove Forests of Iran.

Mapping the diversity: Geographical distribution of the freshwater snail Melanopsis (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Melanopsidae) with focus on its systematics in Mediterranean basin.

Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Bestimmungsschlüssel, Lebensweise, Verbreitung.

Redescription of Anisus septemgyratus (Rossmässler, 1835) and Anisus leucostoma (Millet, 1813) (Gastropoda: Planorbidae).

Meeres-Gehäuseschnecken Deutschlands, Bestimmungsschlüssel, Lebensweise, Verbreitung.

Ecrobia grimmi in brackish Lake Sawa, Iraq: indirect evidence for long-distance dispersal of hydrobiid gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) by birds.

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