Proserpina (gastropod)

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Proserpina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Neritimorpha

clade Cycloneritimorpha

Superfamily: Helicinoidea
Family: Proserpinidae
Genus: Proserpina
G. B. Sowerby II, 1839

Proserpina is a genus of small land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Proserpinidae. Proserpina is the type genus of the family Proserpinidae.[1]

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Proserpina include Cuba.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Proserpina include:

  • Proserpina bidentata
  • Proserpina depresa (d’Orbigny, 1842)[2]
  • Proserpina globulosa (d’Orbigny, 1842)[2]
  • Proserpina infortunata
  • Proserpina linguifera
  • Proserpina nitida
  • Proserpina nitilda
  • Proserpina pisum
  • Proserpina planior
  • Proserpina scudderae

References

  1. Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Mollusca". Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
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