''Akiyoshia'' is a
genus of
freshwater snail
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...
s with a
gill and an
operculum,
aquatic gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the family
Amnicolidae.
Distribution
The distribution of ''Akiyoshia'' includes
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
[Davis G. M. & Rao S. (1997). "Discovery of ''Erhaia'' (Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae) in northern India with description of a new genus of Erhaiini from China". '' Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia'' 48: 273-299]
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from whence it was described.
There are some indications that so-called "''Akiyoshia''" species from southern
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
may not be true ''Akiyoshia''.
Description
Species in the subgenus ''Saganoa'' from Japan are blind snails.
"''Akiyoshia''" species from China are not blind.
Species
Species within the genus ''Akiyoshia'' include:
Subgenus ''Akiyoshia''
* ''
Akiyoshia uenoi'' Kuroda & Habe, 1954 - the type species, was described from Japan
Subgenus ''Saganoa'' Kuroda, Habe & Tamu, 1957
*
"''Akiyoshia''" ''chinensis'' Liu, Zhang & Chen, 1982
- anatomy of this Chinese species was described in 1992,
[Davis G. M., Chen C.-E., Wu C., Kuang T.-F., Xing X.-G., Li L., Liu W.-J. & Yan Y.-L. (1992). "The Pomatiopsidae of Hunan, China (Gastropoda, Rissoacea)". '' Malacologia'' 34(1-2)]
143
342.
* ''
Akiyoshia kishiiana'' Kuroda, Habe & Tamu, 1957
* ''
Akiyoshia morimotoi''
[ 矢野 重文 Yano S. (). "コウチミジンツボ香川県に出現 . ''ちりぼたん Newsletter of the Malacological Society of Japan'' 18(1): 14-15]
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*
"''Akiyoshia''" ''yunnanensis'' Liu, Wang & Zhang, 1982
''Nomina nuda'':
* ''Akiyoshia odonta'', ''Akiyoshia'' (''Saganoa'') ''odonta'' Feng et al., 1985 and ''Akiyoshia'' (''Saganoa'') ''odonta'' Feng et al., 1986 are ''
nomina nuda''.
Ecology
The habitat for species in the ''Saganoa'' subgenus from Japan is caves and wells.
"''Akiyoshia''" species from China live in streams.
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110929141541/http://www.palaeos.org/Akiyoshia
* 波部 忠重 Habe T. (1980). "カワネミジンツボ
ubterranean tiny snail ''Saganoa'' ''ちりぼたん Newsletter of the Malacological Society of Japan'' 11(4): 74-75
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* 湊 宏 Minato H. (1986). "地下水棲微小巻貝を和歌山県から採集する
ubterranean Minute Snail, ''Akiyoshia'' (''Saganoa'') Collected from Wakayama-ken. ''ちりぼたん Newsletter of the Malacological Society of Japan'' 17(2): 38-39
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* 佐野 基人
(1979). "静岡県における肺吸虫の調査-2-宮崎肺吸虫の第1中間宿主''Saganoa'' sp.およびその幼虫について". ''
Japanese Journal of Parasitology
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese dias ...
'' 28(4): 211-217
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Amnicolidae