# Viviparus

Viviparus, commonly known as the river snails, is a genus of large, freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs.
They are primitive members of the clade Caenogastropoda. The old name of the genus was Paludina.

## Distribution

This genus is palaearctic in distribution, and is known from the Jurassic to the Recent.

## Species

Viviparus belongs to the subfamily Viviparinae. Its taxonomy is currently under development and many of its species are often included in other related genera. It includes the following species:
* † Viviparus achatinoides (Deshayes, 1838)
* Viviparus acerosus (Bourguignat, 1862)
* † Viviparus aitaiensis Jekelius, 1932
* † Viviparus alexandrieni Cobălcescu, 1883
* † Viviparus altecarinatus Brusina, 1874
* † Viviparus altus Neumayr in Herbich & Neumayr, 1875
* † Viviparus alutae Jekelius, 1932
* † Viviparus ambiguus Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
* † Viviparus ampullaceus (Bronn, 1831)
* † Viviparus aquitanicus (Benoist, 1873)
* † Viviparus argesiensis (Stefanescu, 1896)
* Viviparus ater (de Cristofori & Jan, 1832)
* † Viviparus atriticus Neumayr, 1869
* † Viviparus aulacophorus Brusina, 1874
* † Viviparus balatonicus Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
* † Viviparus bazavlukensis (Datsenko, 2000)
* Viviparus bengalensis (Lamarck)
* † Viviparus berbestiensis Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
* † Viviparus bergeroni (Stefanescu, 1896)
* Viviparus bermondianus (d'Orbigny, 1842)
* † Viviparus berthae Halaváts, 1914
* † Viviparus berti Cobălcescu, 1883
* † Viviparus bifarcinatus (Bielz, 1864)
* † Viviparus bogdanovi Brusina, 1897
* † Viviparus botenicus Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
* † Viviparus botezi (Porumbaru, 1881)
* † Viviparus bressanus (Ogérien, 1867)
* † Viviparus brevis Tournouer, 1876
** † Viviparus brevis trochlearis Tournouer, 1876
** † Viviparus brevis forbesi Tournouer, 1876
** † Viviparus brevis brevis Tournouer, 1876
** † Viviparus brevis carinatus Tournouer, 1876
** † Viviparus brevis gorceixi Tournouer, 1876
* † Viviparus brusinae Brusina, 1874
* † Viviparus bukowskii Oppenheim, 1919
* † Viviparus bulgaricus Brusina, 1902
* † Viviparus calverti Neumayr, 1880
* † Viviparus carenatus Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
* † Viviparus cerchesi Cobălcescu, 1883
* † Viviparus cibyraticus (Spratt & Forbes, 1847)
* † Viviparus clathratus (Deshayes in Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire et al., 1832)
* † Viviparus conicus Pavlović, 1903
* Viviparus contectus (Millet, 1813) - Lister's river snail
* † Viviparus contiguus (Stefanescu, 1896)
* † Viviparus courtelaryensis (Rollier, 1892)
* † Viviparus craiovensis (Tournouër, 1880)
* † Viviparus cretzestiensis (Pavlov, 1925)
* † Viviparus crytomaphora Brusina, 1874
* † Viviparus cucestiensis Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
* † Viviparus cyrtomaphorus Brusina, 1874
* † Viviparus dacianus Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
* † Viviparus darchiaci Pavlović, 1903
* † Viviparus dautzenbergi Brusina, 1902
* † Viviparus dehmi Schlickum & Strauch, 1979
* † Viviparus deleeuwi Neubauer, Harzhauser, Georgopoulou, Mandic & Kroh, 2014
* † Viviparus depressus Strausz, 1942
* † Viviparus dezmanianus Brusina, 1874
* † Viviparus diluvianus (Kunth, 1865)
* † Viviparus duboisi (Mayer, 1856)
* † Viviparus eburneus Neumayr, 1869
* † Viviparus egorlycensis Volkova, 1955
* † Viviparus elatiorpseudoturritus Bogachev, 1961
* † Viviparus etelkae Halaváts, 1914
* † Viviparus falconensis Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
* † Viviparus falsani (Fischer in Falsan & Locard, 1867)
* † Viviparus ferratus (Quenstedt, 1884)
* † Viviparus fuchsi Neumayr, 1872
* Viviparus georgianus (I. Lea, 1834) - banded mystery snail
* † Viviparus getianus Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
* † Viviparus gibbus (Sandberger, 1880)
* † Viviparus glacialis (S. Wood, 1872)
* † Viviparus globulosus (Serres, 1853)
* † Viviparus glockeri (Quenstedt, 1884)
* † Viviparus glogovensis (Stefanescu, 1896)
* Viviparus goodrichi Archer, 1933 - globose mysterysnail
* † Viviparus gracilis Lörenthey, 1894
* † Viviparus graciosus Jekelius, 1932
* † Viviparus grandis Neumayr in Herbich & Neumayr, 1875
* † Viviparus heberti Cobălcescu, 1883
* † Viviparus hectoris (Hoernes, 1877)
* Viviparus hellenicus Westerlund, 1886
* † Viviparus herbichi Neumayr in Herbich & Neumayr, 1875
* † Viviparus hoernesi Neumayr, 1869
* † Viviparus inflexus (Ludwig, 1865)
* Viviparus intertextus (Say, 1829) - rotund mysterysnail
* † Viviparus jalpuchensis (Datsenko in Gozhik & Datsenko, 2007)
* Viviparus japonicus Von Martens
* † Viviparus jarcae Cobălcescu, 1883
* † Viviparus karaganicus Volkova, 1955
* † Viviparus kaschpurica (Pavlov, 1925)
* † Viviparus kurdensis Lörenthey, 1894
* † Viviparus lacedaemoniorum Oppenheim, 1891
* † Viviparus leiostraca Brusina, 1874
* † Viviparus lignitarum Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
* Viviparus limi Pilsbry, 1918 - Ochlockonee mysterysnail
* † Viviparus loczyi Halaváts, 1903
* † Viviparus lomejkoi Pavlović, 1932
* † Viviparus loxostomus (Sandberger, 1875)
* † Viviparus lubenescuae Neubauer, Harzhauser, Georgopoulou, Mandic & Kroh, 2014
* † Viviparus lungershauseni Bogachev, 1961
* † Viviparus macarovicii Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
* Viviparus mamillatus (Küster, 1852)
* † Viviparus mammatus (Stefanescu, 1889)
* † Viviparus mandarinicus (Seninski, 1905)
* † Viviparus mangikiani Bogachev, 1961
* † Viviparus marnyanus Bogachev, 1961
* † Viviparus mazuranici Brusina, 1902
* † Viviparus megarensis Fuchs, 1877
* † Viviparus mehedintzensis Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
* Viviparus monardi (Haas, 1934)
* † Viviparus monasterialis Fontannes, 1887
* † Viviparus monspesulanus Wenz, 1928
* † Viviparus motasi Papaianopol & Macaleț, 2004
* † Viviparus motruensis (Stefanescu, 1896)
* † Viviparus multicostatus (Seninski, 1905)
* † Viviparus murgescui Cobălcescu, 1883
* † Viviparus muscelensis (Stefanescu, 1897)
* † Viviparus neumayri Brusina, 1874
* † Viviparus neustruevi (Pavlov, 1925)
* † Viviparus nodosocostatus Halaváts, 1887
* † Viviparus nothus Brusina, 1874
* † Viviparus novskaensis Penecke, 1886
* † Viviparus oncophorae Rzehak, 1893
* † Viviparus oncophorus Brusina, 1874
* † Viviparus ornatus Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
* † Viviparus ovidii Bogachev, 1961
* † Viviparus ovidiiformis (Datsenko in Gozhik & Datsenko, 2007)
* † Viviparus ovulum Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
* † Viviparus pachystoma (Sandberger, 1859)
* † Viviparus pannonicus Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
* † Viviparus pantanellii Wenz, 1919
* † Viviparus pauli Brusina, 1874
* † Viviparus phasianella (Boettger, 1887)
* † Viviparus pilari Brusina, 1874
* † Viviparus pollonerae Sacco, 1884
* † Viviparus praecursus (Tournouër, 1879)
* † Viviparus prahovensis Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
* † Viviparus precraiovensis Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
* † Viviparus prutulensis (Datsenko, 2002)
* † Viviparus pseudoachatinoides (Pavlov, 1925)
* † Viviparus pseudodezmanianus Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
* † Viviparus pseudogracilis Strausz, 1942
* † Viviparus pseudomotruensis Bogachev, 1961
* † Viviparus pseudosadleri (Pavlov, 1925)
* † Viviparus pseudovukotinovici Jekelius, 1932
* † Viviparus pulchriformis Papp in Papp & Thenius, 1952
* Viviparus quadratus Benson, 1842
** Viviparus quadratus disparis
* †’’ Viviparus recurrens’’ Penecke, 1886
* † Viviparus rhodensis Bukowski, 1892
* † Viviparus romaloi Cobălcescu, 1883
* † Viviparus rothi Lörenthey, 1906
* † Viviparus rudis Neumayr, 1869
* † Viviparus rumanus (Tournouër, 1879)
* † Viviparus sadleri Neumayr, 1869
* † Viviparus semseyi Halaváts, 1903
* † Viviparus serresi Wenz, 1928
* Viviparus sphaeridius (Bourguignat, 1880)
* † Viviparus spurius Brusina, 1874
* † Viviparus stefanescui (Stefanescu, 1896)
* † Viviparus stevanovici Neubauer, Harzhauser, Kroh, Georgopoulou & Mandic, 2014
* † Viviparus stricturatus Neumayr, 1869
* † Viviparus strossmayerianus Brusina, 1874
* † Viviparus sturi Neumayr, 1869
* † Viviparus subconcinnus (Sinzov, 1876)
* † Viviparus sublentus d'Orbigny, 1850
* Viviparus subpurpureus (Say, 1829) - olive mystery snail
* † Viviparus suessi Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
* † Viviparus suessoniensis (Deshayes, 1826)
* † Viviparus suevicus Wenz, 1919
* † Viviparus sukljei Jenko, 1944
* † Viviparus symeonidisi Schütt, 1986
* † Viviparus syzranicus (Pavlov, 1925)
* † Viviparus tardyanus Locard, 1883
* † Viviparus teschi Meijer, 1990
* † Viviparus tohanensis Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985
* † Viviparus tomici Brusina, 1902
* † Viviparus transitorius (Stefanescu, 1889)
* † Viviparus treffortensis Delafond & Depéret, 1893
* Viviparus tricinctus Liu, Zhang & Wang, 1994
* † Viviparus tuberculatus Berdnikova, 1977
* † Viviparus tumidus Stefanescu, 1896
* † Viviparus turgidus (Bielz, 1864)
* † Viviparus uniangulatus (Hall, 1845)
* † Viviparus uva (Stefanescu, 1897)
* † Viviparus ventricosus (Sandberger, 1875)
* † Viviparus viminaticus Brusina, 1902
* † Viviparus vinodoli Koch, 1922
* Viviparus viviparus (Linnaeus, 1758) - river snail
* † Viviparus volgensis (Pavlov, 1925)
* † Viviparus vukotinovicii (Frauenfeld, 1862)
* † Viviparus wesselinghi Neubauer, Harzhauser, Georgopoulou, Mandic & Kroh, 2014
* † Viviparus wolfi Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875
* † Viviparus woodwardi Brusina, 1885
* † Viviparus zelebori Neumayr, 1869

### Species brought into synonymy

* † Viviparus bifarcinatus stricturatus Neumayr, 1869: synonym of † Viviparus woodwardi Brusina, 1885
* † Viviparus dezmanianus dacicus Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985: synonym of † Viviparus dezmanianus turbureensis Fontannes, 1887
* † Viviparus incertus Macarovici, 1940: synonym of † Viviparus wesselinghi Neubauer, Harzhauser, Georgopoulou, Mandic & Kroh, 2014
* Viviparus malleatus Reeve, 1863 synonym of Cipangopaludina malleata (Reeve, 1863)
* † Viviparus rudis strossmayerianus Brusina, 1874: synonym of † Viviparus strossmayerianus Brusina, 1874
* † Viviparus woodwardi argesiensis (Stefanescu, 1896): synonym of † Viviparus argesiensis (Stefanescu, 1896)