Semisulcospira

Semisulcospira
Shell of Semisulcospira pleuroceroides (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Semisulcospiridae
Genus: Semisulcospira
Boettger, 1886
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 genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Semisulcospiridae.

Species in the genus Semisulcospira are viviparous.

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