''Doryssa'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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 which have an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, aquatic animal, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pachychilidae.
Distribution
These freshwater snails are Endemism, endemic to South America.
Species
Species within the genus ''Doryssa'' include:
* ''Doryssa atra'' (Bruguière, 1792)
[Baker H. B. (1930). "The Mollusca collected by the University of Michigan – Williamson expedition in Venezuela". ''Occasional Paper of Museum of zoology'' 210: 1–95]
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* ''Doryssa brevior'' (Troschel, 1848) - type species of the genus ''Doryssa''[Bouchet, P. (2015). ''Doryssa'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=848311 on 2015-10-09]
* ''Doryssa consolidata'' (Bruguière, 1790)[R. Tucker Abbott, Abbott R. T. (1955). "Anatomy of the Venezuelan gastropod, ''Doryssa kappleri''". ''The Nautilus (journal), The Nautilus'' 69]
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* ''Doryssa lamarckiana'' (Brot, 1870)
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Doryssa
Freshwater snails
Gastropod genera