Avenionia

Avenionia
Shell of Avenionia bourguignati
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Hydrobiidae
Subfamily:	Islamiinae
Genus:	Avenionia Nicolas, 1882
Type species
Avenionia vayssieri Nicolas, 1882
Synonyms
Paludinella (Paulia) Bourguignat, 1882 (a junior synonym) Paulia Bourguignat, 1882 (invalid: junior homonym of Paulia Gray, 1840 [Echinodermata])

Avenionia is a genus of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

Species

Species within the genus Avenionia include:

• Avenionia berengueri (Bourguignat, 1882)
• Avenionia bourguignati (Locard, 1883)
• Avenionia brevis (Draparnaud, 1805)
• Avenionia roberti Boeters, 1967

Synonyms

• † Avenionia fossilis Youluo, 1978 (unavailable name)
• Avenionia ligustica Fo. Giusti & Bodon, 1981: synonym of Alzoniella ligustica (Fo. Giusti & Bodon, 1981) (original combination)
• Avenionia parvula Fo. Giusti & Bodon, 1981: synonym of Alzoniella parvula (Fo. Giusti & Bodon, 1981) (original combination)
• Avenionia vayssieri Nicolas, 1882: synonym of Avenionia berenguieri (Bourguignat, 1882)

References

• Nicolas, H. (1882). Quelques notes sur le genre Avenionia. Nouveau Mollusque découvert dans les puits et les eaux souterraines du sous-sol de la ville d'Avignon. Mém. Acad. Vaucluse, 1: 159-168. Avignon.
• Giusti, F.; Bodon, M. (1981). Il genere Avenionia in Italia: due nuove specie dell'Apennino settentrionale. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 111(4/6): 223-242.
• Glöer P. (2022). The freshwater gastropods of the West Palaearctis. Identification key, Anatomy, Ecology, Distribution. III. Hydrobiidae. Hetlingen: The author. 528 pp.
• Boeters, H. D. & Winter, A. J. de. (1983). Neues über Avenionia Nicolas 1882 (Prosobranchia: Hydrobiidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 114 (1/3): 25-30. Frankfurt am Main.

External links

• Bourguignat, J.-R. (1882). Paulia ou description d'un nouveau groupe générique de Mollusques habitant la nappe d'eau des puits de la ville d'Avignon,. Poissy: (S. Lejay. p. 6. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
• Bodon, M.; Cianfanelli, S.; Manganelli, G.; Girardi, H.; Giusti, F. (2000). "The genus Avenionia Nicolas, 1882, redefined (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia, Hydrobiidae)" (PDF). Basteria. 64. Retrieved 7 May 2026.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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