Erinna (gastropod)
| Erinna | |
|---|---|
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| Erinna newcombi, a species with a sinistral shell | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Hygrophila |
| Superfamily: | Lymnaeoidea |
| Family: | Lymnaeidae |
| Genus: | Erinna H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855[1] |
| Type species | |
| Erinna newcombi H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 | |
Erinna is a genus of air-breathing, freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.[2] This genus is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, United States.
Species
Species within the genus Erinna include:
- Erinna aulacospira (Ancey, 1889) – this species is considered as possibly extinct.[3]
- Erinna newcombi H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 – Newcomb's snail, type species
References
- ↑ Adams A. (1855) "Descriptions of Two New Genera and several New Species of Mollusca, from the Collection of Hugh Cumming" Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Part XXIII. 119-124.
- ↑ A. Morelet (1882). "Observations critiques sur le Mémoire de M. E. v. Martens, intitulé: Mollusques des Mascareignes et des Séchelles". Journal de Conchyliologie (H. Crosse) XXX: 104. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ↑ "Erinna aulacospira". NatureServe. October 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
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