# Peringia

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'''''Peringia''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of very small [snail](/source/snail)s with [gill](/source/gill)s and an [operculum](/source/operculum_(gastropod)), [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk)s in the family [Hydrobiidae](/source/Hydrobiidae).<ref name="WoRMS">Gofas, S. (2014). Peringia Paladilhe, 1874. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151626 on 14 November 2014</ref>

This genus has become a synonym for ''[Hydrobia](/source/Hydrobia)'' Hartmann, 1821.

These snails live in intermediate habitats at high tide level, on mud, in protected [estuarine](/source/Estuary) and coastal areas. Because of this habitat these snails are sometimes categorized as marine, sometimes as aquatic in general, and sometimes are included in lists of land snails.

== Species within the genus ''Peringia'' ==
* † ''[Peringia benoisti](/source/Peringia_benoisti)'' <small>(Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1886)</small> 
* † ''[Peringia conoidea](/source/Peringia_conoidea)'' <small>(von Koenen, 1883)</small> 
* ''[Peringia depressa](/source/Peringia_depressa)''
* † ''[Peringia fontannesi](/source/Peringia_fontannesi)'' <small>(Dollfus & Dautzenberg, 1886)</small> 
* † ''[Peringia gottscheana](/source/Peringia_gottscheana)'' <small>(von Koenen, 1883)</small> 
* ''[Peringia mabellil](/source/Peringia_mabellil)''
* ''[Peringia obeliscus](/source/Peringia_obeliscus)''
* ''[Peringia ulvae](/source/Peringia_ulvae)'' <small>(Pennant, 1777)</small>
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Peringia castroi'' <small>Locard, 1899</small>: synonym of ''[Peringia ulvae](/source/Peringia_ulvae)'' <small>(Pennant, 1777)</small>
* ''Peringia cyclolabris'' <small>Bourguignat, 1876</small>: synonym of ''[Peringia ulvae](/source/Peringia_ulvae)'' <small>(Pennant, 1777)</small>
* ''Peringia lusitanica'' <small>Locard, 1899</small>: synonym of ''[Peringia ulvae](/source/Peringia_ulvae)'' <small>(Pennant, 1777)</small>
* ''Peringia minoricensis'' <small>Paladilhe, 1875</small>: synonym of ''Hydrobia acuta acuta'' <small>(Draparnaud, 1805)</small>
* ''Peringia paulinoi'' <small>Locard, 1899</small>: synonym of ''[Peringia ulvae](/source/Peringia_ulvae)'' <small>(Pennant, 1777)</small>

==References==
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* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). {{ISBN|0-915826-22-4}}. XII, 195 pp

==External links==
* Info at: [http://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/taxon_Hydrobiaulvae.htm]
* Species at: [http://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/taxon_Hydrobiaulvae.htm]
* Images of ''P. ulvae'' at: [https://web.archive.org/web/20090107112008/http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_2201.html]

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