Rivularia (gastropod)
# Rivularia (gastropod)

Rivularia is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Viviparidae. Species in this genus is distributed only along the Xiang River region of Hunan province, People's Republic of China.

## Taxonomy

This genus was originally placed under the subfamily Bellamyinae of Viviparidae. In 2017, a reference moved the genus to Viviparinae according to anatomical and genetic data.

## Species

As of 3 September 2021, WoRMS only recognize one species in this genus, namely Rivularia auriculata (E. von Martens, 1875), the type species of this genus. The original combinatiion is this species was Paludina auriculata Martens, 1875.

### taxon inquirendum

* Rivularia bicarinata
* Rivularia calcarata
* Rivularia glandina Heude, 1890
* Rivularia globosa Heude, 1890
* Rivularia ovum Heude, 1890
* Rivularia subelliptica Heude, 1890

### Synonyms

* Rivularia auricularis Heude, 1890 accepted as Rivularia auriculata (E. von Martens, 1875)
* Rivularia elongata Heude, 1890 accepted as Rivularia auriculata (E. von Martens, 1875)(junior synonym)
* Rivularia liuiana Yen, 1937 reclassified to Mekongia as Mekongia liuiana (Yen, 1937)(original combination)
