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Viviparus contectus (Millet, 1813)

Viviparus contectus

AphiaID

154006 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154006)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Viviparus Montfort, 1810

Original name

Cyclostoma contectum Millet, 1813

Synonymised names

Contectiana (Contectiana) contecta (Millet, 1813) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Contectiana (Contectiana) fennica (Kobelt, 1909) · unaccepted (a junior synonym)

Contectiana (Contectiana) listeri (Forbes & Hanley, 1850) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cyclostoma contectum Millet, 1813 · unaccepted (original combination)

Paludina contecta (Millet, 1813) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Paludina contecta var. emiliana Roffiaen, 1868 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Paludina contecta var. rossica Westerlund, 1886 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation

Paludina cristallina J. E. Gray, 1821 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Paludina inflata A. Villa & G. B. Villa, 1841 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Paludina listeri Forbes & Hanley, 1850 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Paludina mamillata Küster, 1852 · unaccepted

Paludina moquini Roumeguère, 1858 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation

Paludina moquiniana Roumeguère, 1858 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Paludina zebra Stentz, 1877 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Valvata (Tropidina) levantica Halaváts, 1889 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Vivipara brachya Bourguignat, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Vivipara carniolica Bourguignat, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Vivipara communis Moquin-Tandon, 1856 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Vivipara contecta (Millet, 1813) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)

Vivipara contecta var. brachya Bourguignat, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Vivipara contecta var. carniolica Bourguignat, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Vivipara contecta var. communis Moquin-Tandon, 1856 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Vivipara contecta var. corcyrensis Kobelt, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Vivipara contecta var. croatica Kobelt, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Vivipara contecta var. isseli Bourguignat, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Vivipara contecta var. kormosi Kobelt, 1909 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Vivipara contecta var. minutula Bourguignat, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Vivipara contecta var. rossica (Westerlund, 1886) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Vivipara contecta var. russiensis Milaschewitch, 1881 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)

Vivipara contecta var. turrita Kobelt, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Vivipara isseli Bourguignat, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Vivipara lacustris Beck, 1847 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)

Vivipara paludosa Bourguignat, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Vivipara ranarum Servain, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Vivipara taurica Bourguigant, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Vivipara vera Frauenfeld, 1862 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Vivipara vulgaris Dupuy, 1851 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Viviparus (Contectiana) contectus (Millet, 1813) · alternative representation

Viviparus (Contectiana) kormosi Kobelt, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Viviparus (Contectiana) listeri (Forbes & Hanley, 1850) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Viviparus (Contectiana) turritus Kobelt, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Viviparus (Contectiana) zebra (Stentz, 1877) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Viviparus fasciatus var. nigerrimus Schlesch, 1930 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)

Environment

~~marine~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Cyclostoma contectum Millet, 1813) Millet, P.A. (1813). Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles, observés dans le Département de Maine et Loire, [1-11], 1-82, 1 tableau. Angers. (Pavie).
page(s): 5-7 [details]

Type data

Note France, Maine-et-Loire department (“La...

Type locality France, Maine-et-Loire department (“La Mayenne, etc. A Angers: les fossés de Tournemine; ceux de
Reculée”; Millet, 1813: 7) [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Viviparus contectus (Millet, 1813). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154006 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-16 10:28:02Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-12-13 20:38:55Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2017-06-26 13:24:29Z

changed

Neubert, Eike

2020-02-04 11:33:53Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

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original description (of Paludina inflata A. Villa & G. B. Villa, 1841) Villa, A. & Villa, J. B. (1841). Dispositio systematica conchyliarum terrestrium et fluviatilium quae adservantur in collectione fratrum Ant. et Jo. Bapt. Villa. Conspectu abnormitatum novarumque specierum descriptionibus adjectis. 62 pp. (+ 2 pp. Resumptus numeralis specierum + Errata). [≥ April]. Mediolani: Borroni & Scotti., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54159030
page(s): 60 [details]

original description (of Cyclostoma contectum Millet, 1813) Millet, P.A. (1813). Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles, observés dans le Département de Maine et Loire, [1-11], 1-82, 1 tableau. Angers. (Pavie).
page(s): 5-7 [details]

original description (of Vivipara lacustris Beck, 1847) Beck, H. (1847). Verzeichniss einer Sammlung von Landconchylien aus den Dänischen Staaten in Europa. Amtlicher Bericht über die 24. Versammlung Deutscher Naturforscher und Aerzte in Kiel im September 1846. 122-124. Kiel., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11645044
page(s): 123 [details]

original description (of Viviparus fasciatus var. nigerrimus Schlesch, 1930) Schlesch H. (1930). Eine Neue Varietät von Viviparus fasciatus (Müll.) in Lettland. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 62: 214-215.
page(s): 214 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Paludina mamillata Küster, 1852) Küster, H. C. (1852-1853). Die Gattungen Paludina, Hydrocaena und Valvata. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, 2. Edition. Bd 1, Abt. 21: 1(21) (113): 1-24, pls. 1, 2 (1852); (115): 25-56, pls. 3-8 (1852); (119): 57-96, pls. 9-14 (1853). Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34226359
page(s): 9, pl. 2 figs 1-5 [details]

original description (of Vivipara contecta var. russiensis Milaschewitch, 1881) Milaschewitsch [= Milachevich] C. (1881). Études sur la faune des Mollusques vivants terrestres et fluviatiles de Moscou. Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou. 56(1): 215–241., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41340419
page(s): 236 [details]

original description (of Valvata (Tropidina) levantica Halaváts, 1889 †) Halaváts, J. (1889). Die zwei artesischen Brunnen von Hód-Mező-Vásárhely. Mitteilungen aus dem Jahrbuche der königlichen ungarischen Geologischen Reichsanstalt. 8(8): 213-231.
page(s): 228-229, pl. 34, fig. 6a, b [details]

original description (of Vivipara contecta var. kormosi Kobelt, 1909) Kobelt, W. (1906-1909). Die Gattung Paludina Lam. (Vivipara Montfort). Neue Folge. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Ersten Bandes, einundzwanzigste Abtheilung (A). (1) 21a (514): 97-128, pls. 15-19, 21 (1906); (1) 21a (516): 129-144, pls. 20, 22-26 (1907); (1) 21a (517): 145-160, pls. 27-32 (1907); (1) 21a (520): 161-184, pls. 33-38 (1907); (1) 21a (523): 185-200, pls. 39-44 (1907); (1) 21a (525): 201-240, pls. 45-50 (1908); (1) 21a (528): 241-272, pls. 51-56 (1908); (1) 21a (533): 273-312, pls. 57, 60-64 (1908); (1) 21a (536): 313-344, pls. 58, 59, 65-67 (1909); (1) 21a (537): 345-368, pls. 68-73 (1909); (1) 21a (540): 369-430, pls. 74-77 (1909). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34226459
page(s): 315, pl. 62, fig. 12 [details]

original description (of Vivipara contecta var. turrita Kobelt, 1909) Kobelt, W. (1909-1910). In: Rossmässler, E.A., Iconographie der Land- & Süßwasser-Mollusken mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten, (2) 15 (1/2): 1–24, pl. 391–400 [May 1909]; (2) 15 (3/4): 25–48, pl. 401–410 [Oct. 1909]; (2) 15 (5/6): 49–86, pl. 411–420 [March 1910]. Wiesbaden (Kreidel).
page(s): 8, pl. 394, fig. 2263 [details]

original description (of Paludina cristallina J. E. Gray, 1821) Gray, J. E. (1821). A natural arrangement of Mollusca, according to their internal structure. London Medical Repository. 15 (87): 229–239., available online at https://archive.org/details/s0id11783780/page/229/mode/1up
page(s): 239 [details]

original description (of Paludina contecta var. emiliana Roffiaen, 1868) Roffiaen, F. (1868). Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis en Suisse. Annales de la Societe malacologique du Belgique. 3, 65-84., available online at http://archive.org/stream/annalesdelasoci031868soci#page/n67/mode/2up
page(s): 80 [details]

original description (of Paludina listeri Forbes & Hanley, 1850) Forbes, E.; Hanley, S. C. T. (1848-1853). A history of British Mollusca and their shells. London, van Voorst. 4 vols., 2064 pp., 203 pls. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16341
page(s): 3: 8, pl. 71, fig. 16 [details]

original description (of Vivipara vera Frauenfeld, 1862) Frauenfeld, G. von. (1862). Zusammenstellung der Arten der Gattung Vivipara Lmk. in Kaiserlichen Sammlung. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft Wien. 12(2): 1161-1170., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30333270
page(s): 1161 [details]

original description (of Vivipara vulgaris Dupuy, 1851) Dupuy, D. (1847-1852). Histoire naturelle des mollusques terrestres et d'eau douce qui vivent en France. Ire livraison: I-XXXI, 1-108, Errata majore (1 pp.), Index (4 pp.), pl. 1-4 (1847; between 1 and 18 July). Second fascicule: 3 pp. (title page; Errata majora; Au lecteur), 107-226, pl. 5-10, 4 pp. (Index) (1848; between January and 15 July). Troisième fascicule: 2 pp. (title page; Errata majora), 227-330, pl. 11-14, 8 pp. (Catalogus extramarinorum ordine alphabetico dispositus, brevioribus specierum nondum descriptarum diagnosibus auctus; Index alphabeticus) (1849; between 15 February and 16 July). Quatrième fascicule: 2 pp. (title page; Avis de l'éditeur), 331-458, pl. 15-21 (1851; < 12 April [not “Décembre 1850”]). Cinquième fascicule: 1 pp. (title page), 459-594, pl. 22-24 (May 1851). Sixième fascicule: 3 pp. (title page; Avis de l'auteur et de l'éditeur; Errata majora), 595-737, pl. 25-31 (June 1852).Paris / Auch (Victor Masson / Brun)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32249745
page(s): 537, pl. 27, fig. 5 [details]

original description (of Vivipara communis Moquin-Tandon, 1856) Moquin-Tandon, A. (1855-1856). Histoire naturelle des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de France, Tome premier (1): i-viii, 1-14 + Atlas: 1-16, pl. 1-9 (12 April 1855); (2): 145-256 + Atlas: 17-32, pl. 10-18 (4 May 1855); (3): 257-416 + Atlas: 33-48, pl. 19-27 (1 August 1855). Tome second (4): i-iii, 1-176 + Atlas: 49-64, pl. 28-36 (10 September 1855); (5): 177-368 + Atlas: 65-80, pl. 37-45 (2 January 1856); (6): 369-646 + Atlas: i-iii, 81-92, pl. 46-54 (9 April 1856). Paris (J.-B. Baillière)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32068638
page(s): 2: 532 [details]

original description (of Paludina moquiniana Roumeguère, 1858) Roumeguère C. (1858). Description de la paludine de Moquin. Memoires de l'Academie (Royale) des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres de Toulouse, series 5. 2: 410-411., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4834670
page(s): 410-411, fig. 1 [details]

original description (of Vivipara brachya Bourguignat, 1880) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1880). Recensement des Vivipara du système européen, 1-52. Paris (Jules Tremblay), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14812701
page(s): 11-12 [details]

original description (of Vivipara carniolica Bourguignat, 1880) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1880). Recensement des Vivipara du système européen, 1-52. Paris (Jules Tremblay), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14812701
page(s): 9-11 [details]

original description (of Vivipara isseli Bourguignat, 1880) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1880). Recensement des Vivipara du système européen, 1-52. Paris (Jules Tremblay), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14812701
page(s): 28-29 [details]

original description (of Vivipara paludosa Bourguignat, 1880) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1880). Recensement des Vivipara du système européen, 1-52. Paris (Jules Tremblay), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14812701
page(s): 20 [details]

original description (of Vivipara taurica Bourguigant, 1880) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1880). Recensement des Vivipara du système européen, 1-52. Paris (Jules Tremblay), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14812701
page(s): 19 [details]

original description (of Vivipara ranarum Servain, 1884) Servain, G. (1884). Vivipares des environs de Hambourg. Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France, 1 (3): 173-182. Paris, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890806
page(s): 176 [details]

original description (of Paludina contecta var. rossica Westerlund, 1886) Westerlund, C. A. (1886). Fauna der in der paläarctischen Region (...) lebenden Binnenconchylien. VI. Fam. Ampullaridae, Paludinidae, Hydrobiidae, Melanidae, Valvatidae & Neritidae. Lund: Håkan Ohlsson. 156 + 13 (Register) pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10887359
page(s): 5 [details]

original description (of Vivipara contecta var. corcyrensis Kobelt, 1909) Kobelt, W. (1906-1909). Die Gattung Paludina Lam. (Vivipara Montfort). Neue Folge. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Ersten Bandes, einundzwanzigste Abtheilung (A). (1) 21a (514): 97-128, pls. 15-19, 21 (1906); (1) 21a (516): 129-144, pls. 20, 22-26 (1907); (1) 21a (517): 145-160, pls. 27-32 (1907); (1) 21a (520): 161-184, pls. 33-38 (1907); (1) 21a (523): 185-200, pls. 39-44 (1907); (1) 21a (525): 201-240, pls. 45-50 (1908); (1) 21a (528): 241-272, pls. 51-56 (1908); (1) 21a (533): 273-312, pls. 57, 60-64 (1908); (1) 21a (536): 313-344, pls. 58, 59, 65-67 (1909); (1) 21a (537): 345-368, pls. 68-73 (1909); (1) 21a (540): 369-430, pls. 74-77 (1909). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34226459
page(s): 312, pl. 62, fig. 5-6 [details]

original description (of Vivipara contecta var. croatica Kobelt, 1909) Kobelt, W. (1906-1909). Die Gattung Paludina Lam. (Vivipara Montfort). Neue Folge. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Ersten Bandes, einundzwanzigste Abtheilung (A). (1) 21a (514): 97-128, pls. 15-19, 21 (1906); (1) 21a (516): 129-144, pls. 20, 22-26 (1907); (1) 21a (517): 145-160, pls. 27-32 (1907); (1) 21a (520): 161-184, pls. 33-38 (1907); (1) 21a (523): 185-200, pls. 39-44 (1907); (1) 21a (525): 201-240, pls. 45-50 (1908); (1) 21a (528): 241-272, pls. 51-56 (1908); (1) 21a (533): 273-312, pls. 57, 60-64 (1908); (1) 21a (536): 313-344, pls. 58, 59, 65-67 (1909); (1) 21a (537): 345-368, pls. 68-73 (1909); (1) 21a (540): 369-430, pls. 74-77 (1909). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34226459
page(s): 306, pl. 60, fig. 10-11 [details]

original description (of Paludina zebra Stentz, 1877) Kobelt, W. (1877). In: Rossmässler, E.A., Iconographie der Land- & Süßwasser-Mollusken mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten, (1) 5 (1/3): 1–60, pl. 121–135 [28. July 1877]; (1) 5 (4/6): 61–129, pl. 136–150 [20. Dec. 1877]. Wiesbaden (Kreidel).
page(s): 73, pl. 138, fig. 1370 [details]

basis of record Ziegelmeier, E. (1966). Die Schnecken (Gastropoda Prosobranchia) der deutsche Meeresgebiete und brackigen Küstengewässer [The Gastropoda Prosobranchia from the German seas and brackish coastal waters]. Helgol. Wiss. Meeresunters. 13: 1-66 [Subsequent publication] (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Glöer, P. (2002). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 73. Teil: Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas: Bestimmungsschlüssel, Lebensweise, Verbreitung. Hackenheim (Conchbooks). 1–327.
page(s): 63, fig. 38 [details]

additional source Rysiewska, A.; Hofman, S.; Osikowski, A.; Beran, L.; Pešić, V.; Falniowski, A. (2019). Viviparus mamillatus (Küster, 1852), and partial congruence between the morphology-, allozyme- and DNA-based phylogeny in European Viviparidae (Caenogastropoda: Architaenioglossa). Folia Malacologica. 27 (1): 43-51., available online at https://doi.org/10.12657/folmal.027.004 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Baily, J. L., Jr. (1909). Viviparus in Philadelphia. The Nautilus. 23(4): 60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5314572 [details]

identification resource Rowson, B., Powell, H., Willing, M., Dobson, M. & Shaw, H. (2021). Freshwater Snails of Britain and Ireland. FSC Publications, Telford, UK.
page(s): 96. [details]

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Containing type locality

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Type locality France, Maine-et-Loire department (“La Mayenne, etc. A Angers: les fossés de Tournemine; ceux de
Reculée”; Millet, 1813: 7) [details]

Language	Name
Albanian	kërmilli këlyshlindës me majë	[details]
Dutch	spitse moerasslak	[details]
English	Lister's river snail	[details]
Swedish	spetssumpsnäcka	[details]