BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)

PROTOSTOMIA
(protostomes)

LOPHOTROCHOZOA
(molluscs and relatives)

TROCHOZOA
(molluscs and worms)

MOLLUSCA
(slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)

GASTROPODA
(slugs and snails)

PROSOBRANCHIA
(operculate molluscs)

MESOGASTROPODA
(an order of prosobranch gastropods)

VALVATIDAE
(valve snails)

Valvatidae
is also a member of:

Invertebrates
(via Mollusca)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

VALVATIDAE (valve snails)

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Adams, L.E., 1896

The collector's manual of British land and freshwater shells

VALVATIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

MOLLUSCA
(slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)

GASTROPODA
(slugs and snails)

PROSOBRANCHIA
(operculate molluscs)

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