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Hua (gastropod)

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Hua
Shell of Hua jacqueti (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Semisulcospiridae
Genus: Hua
S.-F. Chen, 1943
Type species
Melania telonaria
Heude, 1889

Hua is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Semisulcospiridae.[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Hua include:

Synonyms
  • Hua (Namrutua) Abbott, 1948: synonym of Semisulcospira O. Böttger, 1886
  • Hua leprosa (Heude, 1889): synonym of Hua telonaria (Heude, 1889) (junior synonym)
  • Hua schmackeri (Böttger, 1886): synonym of Hua praenotata (Gredler, 1884) (junior synonym)

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hua S.-F. Chen, 1943. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=741123 on 2021-03-09
  • Strong, E. & Köhler, F., 2009. Morphological and molecular analysis of 'Melania' jacqueti Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906: from anonymous orphan to critical basal offshoot of the Semisulcospiridae (Gastropda: Cerithioidea). Zoologica Scripta 38: 483-502
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