Cremnoconchus
| Cremnoconchus | |
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| A drawing of Cremnoconchus syhadrensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Littorinoidea |
| Family: | Littorinidae |
| Subfamily: | Lacuninae[1] |
| Genus: | Cremnoconchus Blanford, 1869[2] |
| Diversity[3][4] | |
| 2 or 3 freshwater species | |
| Synonyms[4] | |
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Cremnoconchus is a genus of small freshwater snails, gastropod mollusks in the (mostly marine) family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[3][4]
The generic name Cremnoconchus is from the Greek word κρημνός which means precipice and from the Ancient Greek word κόγχος which means shell.[2]
This genus is the only freshwater genus within the Littorinidae; all other Littorinidae are marine.[3] Two Cremnoconchus species live in waterfalls.[3]
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The genus Cremnoconchus is endemic to the Northwestern Ghats of India.[3]
Species
Species within the genus Cremnoconchus include:
- Cremnoconchus syhadrensis (Blanford, 1863)[1][6] - type species[2]
- Cremnoconchus carinatus (Layard, 1854)[1] - synonym: Cremnoconchus fairbanki Hanley & Theobald, 1876[7]
- Cremnoconchus conicus Blanford, 1870[1][8]
References
- 1 2 3 4 (file created 29 July 2010) "FRESH WATER MOLLUSCAN SPECIES IN INDIA". accessed 5 September 2011. 11 pp. PDF.
- 1 2 3 Blanford W. T. (1869). "Notes on some Indian and Mascarene Land-Shells". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)3: 340-344. page 343.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149-166. hdl.handle.net doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9012-6.
- 1 2 3 Bouchet, P.; Reid, David G. (2011). Cremnoconchus Blanford, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446361 on 2011-09-05
- ↑ Blanford W. T. (1863). "Descriptions of Cremnobates Syhadrensis and Lithotis rupicola, two new Generic Forms of Mollsca inhabiting Cliffs in the Western Ghats of India." Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)12: 184-187. plate 4, figure 1-7.
- ↑ Reid, David G. (2010). Cremnoconchus syhadrensis (Blanford, 1863). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446845 on 2011-09-05
- ↑ WoRMS (2010). Cremnoconchus carinatus (Layard, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=549387 on 2011-09-05
- ↑ Reid, David G. (2010). Cremnoconchus conicus Blanford, 1870. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446844 on 2011-09-05
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