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Erinna (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Lymnaeidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Lymnaeoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Erinna (gastropod)

Similar
  
Newcomb's snail, Pseudosuccinea, Stagnicola, Radix, Lymnaeidae

Erinna is a genus of air-breathing, freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. This genus is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, United States.

Species

Species within the genus Erinna include:

  • Erinna aulacospira (Ancey, 1889) – this species is considered as possibly extinct.
  • Erinna newcombi H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 – Newcomb's snail, type species

    • References

    Erinna (gastropod) Wikipedia
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