Erinna (gastropod)
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Erinna newcombi, a species with a sinistral shell | |
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Genus: | Erinna |
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Erinna newcombi H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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. XXX. H. Crosse: 104. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^ "Erinna aulacospira". NatureServe. October 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2013.