''Ferrissia'' is a
genus
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of small, air-breathing
freshwater limpet
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s, 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 ...
mollusk
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s in the family
Planorbidae
Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs. Unlike most molluscs, the blood of ram's horn snails contains iron-based hemoglobin ins ...
, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ferrissia'' include:
* ''
Ferrissia baconi'' (Bourguignat, 1853)
* ''
Ferrissia beaui'' (Bourguignat, 1853) - Beau's Stream Limpet
* ''
Ferrissia burnupi'' (Walker, 1912)
* ''
Ferrissia cawstoni'' Walker, 1924
* ''
Ferrissia ceylanica'' Benson, 1864
* ''
Ferrissia chudeaui'' Germain, 1917
* ''
Ferrissia clifdeni'' Connolly, 1939
* ''
Ferrissia connollyi'' (Walker, 1912)
* † ''
Ferrissia crenellata
''Ferrissia'' is a genus of small, air-breathing freshwater limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ferrissia'' include:
* '' Ferrissia baconi'' ( ...
'' Harzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al., 2012
* † ''
Ferrissia deperdita'' (Desmarest, 1814)
* † ''
Ferrissia dimici
''Ferrissia'' is a genus of small, air-breathing freshwater limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ferrissia'' include:
* ''Ferrissia baconi'' (B ...
'' (Brusina, 1902)
* ''
Ferrissia dohrnianus'' (Clessin, 1882)
* ''
Ferrissia eburnensis
''Ferrissia'' is a genus of small, air-breathing freshwater limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ferrissia'' include:
* '' Ferrissia baconi'' ( ...
'' Binder, 1957
* ''
Ferrissia farquhari
''Ferrissia'' is a genus of small, air-breathing freshwater limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ferrissia'' include:
* '' Ferrissia baconi'' ( ...
'' (Walker, 1924)
* ''
Ferrissia fontinalis
''Ferrissia'' is a genus of small, air-breathing freshwater limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ferrissia'' include:
* '' Ferrissia baconi'' ( ...
'' (Walker, 1912)
* ''
Ferrissia fragilis
''Ferrissia californica'' is a species of small freshwater limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ferrissia californica (Rowell, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine S ...
'' (Tryon, 1863) - synonyms: ''Ferrissia clessiniana'' (Jickeli, 1882), ''Ferrissia wautieri'' (Mirolli, 1960) - Fragile Ancylid
* ''
Ferrissia gentilis
''Ferrissia gentilis'' is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
Distribution
This freshwater limpet is endemic to Brazil, where it is k ...
'' Lanzer, 1991
* † ''
Ferrissia illyrica
''Ferrissia'' is a genus of small, air-breathing freshwater limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ferrissia'' include:
* '' Ferrissia baconi'' ( ...
'' (Neumayr, 1880)
* ''
Ferrissia irrorata
''Ferrissia'' is a genus of small, air-breathing freshwater limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ferrissia'' include:
* '' Ferrissia baconi'' ( ...
'' (Guilding, 1828)
* ''
Ferrissia isseli
''Ferrissia'' is a genus of small, air-breathing freshwater limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ferrissia'' include:
* '' Ferrissia baconi'' ( ...
'' (Bourguignat, 1866)
* ''
Ferrissia junodi
''Ferrissia'' is a genus of small, air-breathing freshwater limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ferrissia'' include:
* '' Ferrissia baconi'' ( ...
'' Connolly, 1925
* ''
Ferrissia kavirondica
''Ferrissia'' is a genus of small, air-breathing freshwater limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ferrissia'' include:
* '' Ferrissia baconi'' ( ...
'' (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)
* ''
Ferrissia lacustris
''Ferrissia'' is a genus of small, air-breathing freshwater limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ferrissia'' include:
* '' Ferrissia baconi'' ( ...
'' Walker, 1924
* ''
Ferrissia leonensis
''Ferrissia'' is a genus of small, air-breathing freshwater limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ferrissia'' include:
* '' Ferrissia baconi'' ( ...
'' Connolly, 1928
* ''
Ferrissia lhotelleriei
''Ferrissia'' is a genus of small, air-breathing freshwater limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ferrissia'' include:
* '' Ferrissia baconi'' ( ...
'' Walker, 1914 - dubious species
* ''
Ferrissia mcneili'' Walker, 1925 -
hood ancylid
* ''
Ferrissia modesta'' Crosse, 1880
* ''
Ferrissia natalensis
''Ferrissia'' is a genus of small, air-breathing freshwater limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ferrissia'' include:
* ''Ferrissia baconi'' (B ...
'' Walker, 1924
* ''
Ferrissia neozelanica'' (Suter, 1905)
* † ''
Ferrissia neumayri'' (Fontannes, 1881)
* ''
Ferrissia pallaryi'' Walker, 1914 - dubious species
* ''
Ferrissia parallela'' (Haldeman) - oblong ancylid or ''
Ferrissia parallelus''
* ''
Ferrissia petterdi'' (Johnston, 1879)
* † ''
Ferrissia pontileviensis'' (Morgan, 1920)
* ''
Ferrissia siamensis'' Brandt, 1974
* ''
Ferrissia rivularis'' (Say, 1817) - the
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
* ''
Ferrissia tasmanica'' (Woods, 1876)
* ''
Ferrissia tanganyicensis
''Ferrissia tanganyicensis'' is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic animal, aquatic gastropod in the family Planorbidae.
Distribution
This species is only found in Lake Tanganyika in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of ...
'' (Smith, 1906)
* ''
Ferrissia tenuis'' (Bourguignat, 1862)
* ''
Ferrissia toroensis'' (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)
* † ''
Ferrissia truci
''Ferrissia'' is a genus of small, air-breathing freshwater limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ferrissia'' include:
* ''Ferrissia baconi'' (B ...
'' Wautier, 1975
* ''
Ferrissia verruca'' (Benson, 1855)
* ''
Ferrissia victoriensis'' (Walker, 1912)
* ''
Ferrissia viola'' (Annandale & Prashad, 1921)
* ''
Ferrissia walkeri'' (Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1907)
* † ''
Ferrissia wittmanni'' (Schlickum, 1964)
* ''
Ferrissia zambesiensis'' (Walker, 1912)
* ''
Ferrissia zambiensis
''Ferrissia'' is a genus of small, air-breathing freshwater limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ferrissia'' include:
* ''Ferrissia baconi'' (B ...
'' Mandahl-Barth, 1968
Many specific names need revision, for example 11 species of ''Ferrissia'' in southern Africa.
;Species brought into synonymy:
* † ''Ferrissia senckenbergiana'' (Boettger, 1877): synonym of † ''Ferrissia deperdita'' (Desmarest, 1814)
* ''Ferrissia wautieri''
(Mirolli, 1960): synonym of ''Ferrissia fragilis''
(Tryon, 1836)
* ''Ferrissia (Pettancylus) clessiniana''
(Jickeli, 1882): synonym of ''
Pettancylus clessiniana''
(Jickeli, 1882)
References
External links
* Greke K. (2011). "First record of the genus ''Ferrissia'' Walker, 1903 (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) from the Papuan region". In: Telnov D. ''Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. Volume I.'', The Entomological Society of Latvia, Riga, 526 pp.
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