Galba (gastropod)


Galba is a genus of tiny oxygen breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.
Within the genus, the most widely recognized species is Galba truncatula.
The genus Galba is recognized from the Jurassic to the most recent periods.

Species

Species within the genus Galba include:Galba bulimoides or Fossaria (Bakerilymnaea) bulimoides Galba cousini Galba cubensis Galba cyclostoma Galba dalli
;Subgenus Galba Schrank, 1803
;Species brought into synonymy:
  • Galba dupuyana : synonym of † Galba dupuyiana
  • Galba jaccardi : synonym of † Stagnicola jaccardi Galba montanensis F. C. Baker, 1913: synonym of Walterigalba montanensis Galba occulta Jackiewicz, 1959: synonym of Ladislavella terebra Galba pusilla Schrank, 1803: synonym of Galba truncatula
  • Galba armaniacensis : synonym of † Stagnicola armaniacensis
  • Galba bouilleti : synonym of † Stagnicola bouilleti
  • Galba glabra : synonym of † Omphiscola glabra
  • Galba heriacensis : synonym of † Stagnicola bouilleti
  • Galba jaccardi : synonym of † Stagnicola jaccardi
  • Galba kreutzii : synonym of † Stagnicola kreutzii Galba palustris : synonym of Stagnicola palustris
  • Galba rouvillei : synonym of † Stagnicola bouilleti
  • Galba subfragilis : synonym of † Lymnaea subfragilis d'Orbigny, 1852
  • Galba subpalustris : synonym of † ''Stagnicola subpalustris''