''Semisulcospira'' is a

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of freshwater snails with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod

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Semisulcospiridae Semisulcospiridae, common name semisulcospirids, is a family of freshwater snails, aquatic gilled gastropod mollusks with an operculum, in the superfamily Cerithioidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Semisulcospiridae J. P. E. Morri ...

. 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 Species in the genus ''Semisulcospira'' are

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.Strong E. & Köhler F. (2009). "Morphological and molecular analysis of "''Melania''" ''jacqueti'' Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906: from anonymous orphan to critical basal offshoot of the Semisulcospiridae (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea)". ''

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Species

Species within the genus ''Semisulcospira'' include: * '' Semisulcospira arenicola'' Watanabe & Nishino, 1995 * '' Semisulcospira calculus'' (Reeve, 1859) * '' Semisulcospira coreana'' (Martens, 1886) * '' Semisulcospira crassicosta'' Y.-Y. Liu, Y.-X. Wang & Y.-H. Duan, 1994 * '' Semisulcospira davisi'' Sawada & Nakano, 2021 * '' Semisulcospira decipiens'' (Westerlund, 1883) * '' Semisulcospira diminuta'' Gredler, 1887The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-3. . Downloaded on 11 November 2015. * '' Semisulcospira dilatata'' Watanabe & Nishino, 1995 * † '' Semisulcospira fiscina'' (Yokoyama, 1932) * '' Semisulcospira fluvialis'' Watanabe & Nishino, 1995 * '' Semisulcospira forticosta'' (Martens, 1886) * '' Semisulcospira fuscata'' Watanabe & Nishino, 1995 * † '' Semisulcospira gamoensis'' Matsuoka & Miura, 2019 * '' Semisulcospira gottschei'' (Martens, 1886) * '' Semisulcospira gredleri'' (Boettger, 1886)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
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* '' Semisulcospira habei'' Davis, 1969Davis G. M. (1969). "A taxonomic study of some species of ''Semisulcospira'' in Japan (Mesogastropoda: Pleuroceridae)". ''

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294. ** ''Semisulcospira habei yamaguchi'' Davis, 1969 * '' Semisulcospira hongkongensis'' Brot, 1874 * † '' Semisulcospira kokubuensis'' Matsuoka & Miura, 2018 * '' Semisulcospira kurodai'' Kajiyama & Habe, 1961 * ''

Semisulcospira libertina ''Semisulcospira libertina'' is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Semisulcospiridae. Widespread in east Asia, it lives in China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and the Philippines. In some count ...

'' (Gould, 1859) * '' Semisulcospira marica'' Y.-Y. Liu, Y.-X. Wang & W.-Z. Zhang, 1994 * '' Semisulcospira morii'' Watanabe, 1984 * '' Semisulcospira multigranosa'' (Boettger, 1886) * † ''Semisulcospira nagiensis'' (Matsuoka & Taguchi, 2013) * † '' Semisulcospira nakamurai'' Matsuoka & Miura, 2018 * '' Semisulcospira nakasekoae'' Kuroda, 1929 * '' Semisulcospira ningpoensis'' (I. Lea, 1857) * '' Semisulcospira niponica'' (Smith, 1876) * † '' Semisulcospira nojirina'' Matsuoka & Miura, 2019 * '' Semisulcospira ourense'' Watanabe & Nishino, 1984 * '' Semisulcospira pacificans'' (Heude, 1888) * '' Semisulcospira pleuroceroides'' (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1910) * † '' Semisulcospira praemultigranosa'' Matsuoka, 1985 * † '' Semisulcospira pseudomultigranosa'' Matsuoka & Miura, 2018 * † '' Semisulcospira pusilla'' Matsuoka & Miura, 2018 * '' Semisulcospira reiniana'' (Brot, 1876) * '' Semisulcospira reticulata'' Kajiyama & Habe, 1961 * † '' Semisulcospira reticulataformis'' Matsuoka & Miura, 2019 * '' Semisulcospira rugosa'' Watanabe & Nishino, 1995 * '' Semisulcospira shiraishiensis'' Watanabe & Nishino, 1995 * † '' Semisulcospira spinulifera'' Matsuoka & Miura, 2018 * † '' Semisulcospira tagaensis'' Matsuoka & Miura, 2019 * '' Semisulcospira takeshimensis'' Watanabe & Nishino, 1995 * '' Semisulcospira tegulata'' (Martens, 1894) * '' Semisulcospira trachea'' (Westerlund, 1883) "''Semisulcospira libertina''

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" consist of four species: ''Semisulcospira libertina'', ''Semisulcospira reiniana'', ''Semisulcospira kurodai'' and ''Semisulcospira trachea''. ;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''. 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
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Uses

''Semisulcospira'' snails are used in some forms of cuisine. In Korean cuisine, they are used to flavor a type of congee ('' juk''), called ''olgaengi juk''.

References

* Yen, T.-C. (1939). Die chinesischen Land- und Süßwasser-Gastropoden des Natur-Museums Senckenberg. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 444: 1-233, pl. 1-16. Frankfurt am Main. * Oniwa K. & Kimura M. (1986). "Genetic variability and relationships in six snail species of the genus ''Semisulcospira''". ''The Japanese journal of genetics'' 61(5): 503-514
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* Wenz, W. (1938-1944). Gastropoda. Teil 1: Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia. xii + 1639 pp. In: Schindewolf, O.H. (Ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6. Bornträger, Berlin. Lief. 1, 1-240

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Matsuoka, K. (1985). Pliocene freshwater gastropods from the Iga Formation of the Kobiwako Group, Mie Prefecture, Central Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, new series. 139: 180-195

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Du, L.-N. (Li-Na); Köhler, F.; Yu, G.-H. (Guo-Hua); Chen, X.-Y.(Xiao-Yong); Yang, J.-X. (Jun-Xing). (2019). Comparative morpho-anatomy and mitochondrial phylogeny of the Semisulcospiridae of Yunnan, southwestern China, with description of four new species (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea). Invertebrate systematics. 33: 825-848
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