Viviparidae

Taxobox
name = Viviparidae


image_caption = "Viviparus contectus"
image_width = 225px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
ordo = Architaenioglossa
superfamilia = Ampullarioidea
familia = Viviparidae
familia_authority = J. E. Gray, 1847
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subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
subdivision =
* Bellamyinae
* Lioplacinae
* Viviparinae

Viviparidae, sometimes known as the river snails, are a taxonomic family of large freshwater snails with an operculum. These are aquatic gastropod molluscs in the order Architaenioglossa.

Genera within the family Viviparidae

* "Angulyagra" Benson, 1836
* "Anulotaia" Brandt, 1968
* "Bellamya" Jousseame, 1886
* "Campeloma" Rafinesque, 1819
* "Cipangopaludina" Hannibal, 1912
* "Filopaludina" Habe, 1964
* "Heterogen" Annandale, 1921
* "Idiopoma" Pilsbry, 1901
* "Lioplax" Troschel, 1856
* "Margarya" Nevill, 1877
* "Mekongia" Crosse & Fischer, 1876
* "Neothauma" E.A. Smith, 1880
* "Rivularia" Huede, 1890
* "Siamopaludina" Brandt, 1968
* "Sinotaia" Haas, 1939
* "Taia" Annandale, 1918
* "Trochotaia" Brandt, 1974
* "Tulotoma" Haldeman, 1840
* "Viviparus" Montfort, 1810 (type genus)