Benedictia

Benedictia is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Lithoglyphidae.^[3]

Benedictia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Lithoglyphidae
Subfamily:	Benedictiinae
Genus:	Benedictia Dybowski, 1875[1]
Diversity[2]
10 species

Benedictia is the type genus of the subfamily Benedictiinae.^[3]

Distribution

The genus Benedictia is endemic to Lake Baikal.^[4]

Species

Species within the genus Benedictia include:

• Benedictia baicalensis (Gerstfeldt, 1859)^[2][4]
• Benedictia distinguenda Lindholm, 1924^[2]
  • Benedictia distinguenda lamuana Sitnikova, 1987^[2]
• Benedictia fragilis W. Dybowski, 1875 - type species^[2]
• Benedictia kotyensis Matiokin, Dzuban & Sitnikova, 1988^[2][5]
• Benedictia limnaeoides (Schrenck, 1867)^[2]
  • Benedictia limnaeoides ongurensis Kozhov, 1936^[2]
  • Benedictia limnaeoides litoralis Kozhov, 1936^[2]
• Benedictia maxima (W. Dybowski, 1875)^[2][4]
  • Benedictia maxima marisminus Sitnikova, 1987^[2]
• Benedictia nana Beckman & Starobogatov, 1975 ^[2]
• Benedictia pulchella Sitnikova, 1987^[2]
• Benedictia pulchella sarmensis Sitnikova, 1987^[2]
• Benedictia pumyla (Lindholm, 1924)^[2]
• Benedictia shadini Beckman & Starobogatov, 1975^[2]