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Megalovalvata parvula (Kozhov, 1936)
1063541 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1063541)
accepted
Species
Megalovalvata (Megalovalvata) parvula (Kozhov, 1936) · unaccepted
Valvata (Megalovalvata) lauta var. parvula Kozhov, 1936 · unaccepted (basionym)
recent only
(of Valvata (Megalovalvata) lauta var. parvula Kozhov, 1936) Kozhov M.M. (1936). Mollusks of Baikal Lake. Taxonomy, distribution, ecology, some data on genesis and history. <em>Trudy Baikal'skoi Limnologicheskoi Stantsii (Travaux de la Station Limnologique du Lac Bajkal).</em> 8: 1-320. (In Russian)., available online at http://ashipunov.info/shipunov/school/books/kozhov1936_molljuski_ozera_bajkal.djvu
page(s): 25 [details]
page(s): 25 [details]
Lectotype ZIN
, Note Russia, Baikal Lake, near Listvenichnyj Island...
Lectotype ZIN [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Russia, Baikal Lake, near Listvenichnyj Island (E shore of the central Baikal basin), at 5 m deep, sand [details]
Distribution Besides the type locality, this species has been found near the Vydrino settlement (E shore
of the S Baikal basin) at a...
of the S Baikal basin) at a...
Distribution Besides the type locality, this species has been found near the Vydrino settlement (E shore
of the S Baikal basin) at a depth of 5 m. Kozhov (1936) mentioned its occurrence in Chivyrkujskij and Barguzinskij bays and at Murino [details]
of the S Baikal basin) at a depth of 5 m. Kozhov (1936) mentioned its occurrence in Chivyrkujskij and Barguzinskij bays and at Murino [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megalovalvata parvula (Kozhov, 1936). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1063541 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Valvata (Megalovalvata) lauta var. parvula Kozhov, 1936) Kozhov M.M. (1936). Mollusks of Baikal Lake. Taxonomy, distribution, ecology, some data on genesis and history. <em>Trudy Baikal'skoi Limnologicheskoi Stantsii (Travaux de la Station Limnologique du Lac Bajkal).</em> 8: 1-320. (In Russian)., available online at http://ashipunov.info/shipunov/school/books/kozhov1936_molljuski_ozera_bajkal.djvu
page(s): 25 [details]
taxonomy source Sitnikova, T. Y. (2018). Review of Valvatidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) endemic to Lake Baikal, with taxonomic and morphological notes. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 147(2): 181-201., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/147/181-201
page(s): 196, figs. 6D, 10F [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Vinarski, M. V.; Kantor, Yu. I. (2016). Analytical catalogue of fresh and brackish water molluscs of Russia and adjacent countries. A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 544 pp.
page(s): 281 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Sitnikova, T. Ya. (1983). The system of endemic species of the genus <i>Megalovalvata</i> and some questions of taxonomy of the family Valvatidae (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia). <em>Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal.</em> 62 (1): 32–44. [in Russian, English summary].
page(s): 40, fig. 2 (7) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Sitnikova T.Ya. (1994). Gastropods of Baikal Lake. The family Valvatidae. <em>Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal.</em> 4: 85–98.
page(s): 88, fig. 10 E [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 25 [details]
taxonomy source Sitnikova, T. Y. (2018). Review of Valvatidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) endemic to Lake Baikal, with taxonomic and morphological notes. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 147(2): 181-201., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/147/181-201
page(s): 196, figs. 6D, 10F [details] Available for editors

basis of record Vinarski, M. V.; Kantor, Yu. I. (2016). Analytical catalogue of fresh and brackish water molluscs of Russia and adjacent countries. A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 544 pp.
page(s): 281 [details] Available for editors

additional source Sitnikova, T. Ya. (1983). The system of endemic species of the genus <i>Megalovalvata</i> and some questions of taxonomy of the family Valvatidae (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia). <em>Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal.</em> 62 (1): 32–44. [in Russian, English summary].
page(s): 40, fig. 2 (7) [details] Available for editors

additional source Sitnikova T.Ya. (1994). Gastropods of Baikal Lake. The family Valvatidae. <em>Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal.</em> 4: 85–98.
page(s): 88, fig. 10 E [details] Available for editors





Lectotype ZIN [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Besides the type locality, this species has been found near the Vydrino settlement (E shoreof the S Baikal basin) at a depth of 5 m. Kozhov (1936) mentioned its occurrence in Chivyrkujskij and Barguzinskij bays and at Murino [details]
Type locality Russia, Baikal Lake, near Listvenichnyj Island (E shore of the central Baikal basin), at 5 m deep, sand [details]