Semisulcospira

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Semisulcospira
Shell of Semisulcospira pleuroceroides (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Semisulcospiridae
Genus: Semisulcospira
Boettger, 1886[1]
Type species
Melania libertina A. Gould, 1859
Synonyms
  • Biwamelania Matsuoka, 1985
  • Brotia (Senckenbergia) Yen, 1939 (junior synonym)
  • Hua (Namrutua) Abbott, 1948
  • Melania (Semisulcospira) O. Boettger, 1886 (original rank)
  • Namrutua Abbott, 1948 (junior synonym)
  • Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) Matsuoka, 1985 · alternate representation
  • Semisulcospira (Semisulcospira) O. Boettger, 1886 · alternate representation
  • Senckenbergia Yen, 1939 (junior synonym)

Semisulcospira is a

mollusks in the family Semisulcospiridae.[2]
[3]

Species in the genus Semisulcospira are

viviparous.[4]

Species

Species within the genus Semisulcospira include:

"Semisulcospira libertina species complex" consist of four species: Semisulcospira libertina, Semisulcospira reiniana, Semisulcospira kurodai and Semisulcospira trachea.[8]

Synonyms
  • Semisulcospira dolichostoma Annandale, 1924: synonym of Koreoleptoxis dolichostoma (Annandale, 1924) (original combination)
  • Semisulcospira inflata Tchang, 1949: synonym of Hua textrix (Heude, 1889) (junior synonym)
  • Semisulcospira paludiformis Yen, 1939: synonym of Sulcospira paludiformis (Yen, 1939) (original combination)
  • Semisulcospira paucicincta (E. von Martens, 1894): synonym of Semisulcospira calculus (Reeve, 1859) (junior synonym)
  • Semisulcospira recticancellata Kobayashi & Suzuki, 1939: synonym of † Pachychilus recticancellata (Kobayashi & Suzuki, 1939)
  • Semisulcospira trivolvis Yen, 1939: synonym of Sulcospira paludiformis (Yen, 1939) (possible synonym)

Ecology

Semisulcospira snails predate also on eggs of bluegill Lepomis macrochirus.[9]

Uses

juk
.

Semisulcospira snails are used in some forms of cuisine. In

juk
), called olgaengi juk.

References

  1. ^ Boettger (1886). Jahrb. dtsch. malak. Ges. 13: 4.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Semisulcospira O. Boettger, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=741120 on 2022-05-23
  3. ^ Lee, T., Hong, H. C., Kim, J. J., & Ó Foighil, D. (2007). Phylogenetic and taxonomic incongruence involving nuclear and mitochondrial markers in Korean populations of the freshwater snail genus Semisulcospira (Cerithioidea: Pleuroceridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 43(2), 386–397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2007.02.018
  4. ^
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Davis G. M. (1969). "A taxonomic study of some species of Semisulcospira in Japan (Mesogastropoda: Pleuroceridae)". Malacologia 7: 211-294.
  6. ^ a b c d e The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 11 November 2015.
  7. ^ a b Prozorova L. A. & Rasshepkina A. V. (2005). "On the reproductive anatomy of Semisulcospira (Cerithioidea: Pleuroceridae: Semisulcospirinae)". The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society 9: 123–126. PDF.
  8. ^ (in Japanese) Matsuoka K. & .野尻湖貝類グループ (1982) (Fossil Mollusc Research Group for Noiiri-ko Excavation). "野尻湖層産カワニナ胎児殼化石について : 現生カワニナとの比較研究 "On the fossil embryonic shell of Semisulcospira libertina (GOULD) (Mesogastropoda: Pleuroceridae) from the latest Pleistocene Nojiri-ko Formation, Nagano Prefecture, Central Japan: A comparative study of recent and fossil Semisulcospira". 地球科學 Chikyu kagaku [Earth science] 36(4), 175-184. CiNii.
  9. ^ (in Japanese) Nakao H., Kawabata T., Fujita K., Nakai K. & Sawada H. (2006). "Predation on bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) broods by native snails. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 53(2): 167–173. PDF.

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