Borysthenia is a genus of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.
The aperture of Borysthenia is not circular."Genus summary for Borysthenia". AnimalBase, last modified 28 February 2009, accessed 22 May 2011. Animals are ovoviviparous.
Species The genus Borysthenia contains the following species: † Borysthenia goldfussiana (Wüst, 1901) † Borysthenia intermedia Kondrashov, 2007 - from the Middle Pleistocene of Oka-Don PlainKondrashov P. E. (2007). "New gastropod species from the Pleistocene of the Upper Don basin". Paleontological Journal 41(5): 513-519. . Borysthenia menkeana (Jelski, 1863) Borysthenia naticina (Menke, 1845) - type species as Valvata jelskii Crosse, 1863
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