Hemisinidae
Appearance
Hemisinidae Temporal range: Tithonian (Late Jurassic)–recent
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Hemisinus brevis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
Family: | Hemisinidae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1891 |
Synonyms | |
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Hemisinidae is a family of snails in the superfamily Cerithioidea.[1][2] They occur in freshwater and brackish environments[2] on all continents except Australia and Antarctica.[3]
Genera
[edit]There are five extant genera:[2]
- Aylacostoma Spix, 1827
- Cubaedomus Thiele, 1928
- Hemisinus Swainson, 1840
- Longiverena Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935
- Pachymelania E. A. Smith, 1893
There are also four genera only known from fossils:[2]
- † Axonella Pacaud, Lhomme & Renaud, 2021
- † Gantmelania Kowalke, 2001
- † Pyrgulifera Meek, 1871
- † Stephaniphera S. Schneider, Kollmann & Pickford, 2020
References
[edit]- ^ a b Neubauer, Thomas A. (2023). "The fossil record of freshwater Gastropoda – a global review". Biological Reviews. doi:10.1111/brv.13016.
- ^ a b c d Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2023). "Hemisinidae P. Fischer & Crosse, 1891". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- ^ "Hemisinidae". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 22 November 2023.