Neoprososthenia

Neoprososthenia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Pomatiopsidae
Genus:
Davis & Kuo, 1981[1]
Diversity[1]
4 species

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

Species

The genus was established for extant species that were previously placed in the genus Paraprososthenia.[1]

Species within the genus Neoprososthenia include:

  • Neoprososthenia hanseni (Brandt, 1970)[1]
  • Neoprososthenia iijimai (Brandt, 1970)[1]
  • Neoprososthenia levayi (Bavay, 1895) - type species[1]
  • Neoprososthenia poirieri (Brandt, 1970)[1]

References

  1. ^ 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.