Neoprososthenia
Appearance
Neoprososthenia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Pomatiopsidae |
Genus: | Neoprososthenia Davis & Kuo, 1981[1] |
Diversity[1] | |
4 species |
Neoprososthenia is a genus of freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiopsidae.[citation needed]
Species
[edit]The genus was established for extant species that were previously placed in the genus Paraprososthenia.[1]
Species within the genus Neoprososthenia include:
- Neoprososthenia hanseni (Brandt, 1970)[1]
- Neoprososthenia iijimai (Brandt, 1970)[1]
- Neoprososthenia levayi (Bavay, 1895) - type species[1]
- Neoprososthenia poirieri (Brandt, 1970)[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Davis G. M., Kuo Y.-H., Elaine Hoagland K., Chen P.-L., Yang H.-M. & Chen D.-J. (1981). "Kunmingia, a New Genus of Triculinae (Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae) from China: Phenetic and Cladistic Relationships". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 136: 165-193. JSTOR.