Mainwaringia is a genus of sea snails or[clarification needed] freshwater snails,[2] marine gastropod mollusks in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[3]

Mainwaringia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Mainwaringia
Nevill, 1885 [1]

Species

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Species within the genus Mainwaringia include:

References

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  1. ^ Nevill (1885). Hand-List Moll. Ind. Mus. 2: 286.
  2. ^ a b (file created 29 July 2010) FRESH WATER MOLLUSCAN SPECIES IN INDIA[dead link]. 11 pp. accessed 31 July 2010.
  3. ^ Mainwaringia Nevill, 1885. Reid, David G. (2010). Mainwaringia Nevill, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446279 on 6 June 2010 .
  4. ^ Mainwaringia leithii (E.A. Smith, 1876). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
  5. ^ Mainwaringia rhizophila Reid, 1986. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.