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Neoprososthenia

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Neoprososthenia
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Neoprososthenia

Davis & Kuo, 1981[2]
Diversity[2]
4 species

Neoprososthenia is a genus of freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiopsidae.[citation needed]

Species

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The genus was established for extant species that were previously placed in the genus Paraprososthenia.[2]

Species within the genus Neoprososthenia include:

  • Neoprososthenia hanseni (Brandt, 1970)[2]
  • Neoprososthenia iijimai (Brandt, 1970)[2]
  • Neoprososthenia levayi (Bavay, 1895) - type species[2]
  • Neoprososthenia poirieri (Brandt, 1970)[2]

References

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  1. ^ Davis G. M., Wilke T., Zhang Y., Xu X.-J., Qiu C.-P., Spolsky C., Qiu D.-C., Li Y., Xia M.-Y. & Feng Z. (1999). "Snail-Schistosoma, Paragonimus interactions in China: population ecology, genetic diversity, coevolution and emerging diseases". Malacologia 41(2): 355-377.
  2. ^ 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.