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Ferrissia

Ferrissia
Ferissia clessiana A MRKVICKA.JPG
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily: Planorboidea
Family: Planorbidae
Subfamily: Bulininae
Tribe: Miratestini
Genus: Ferrissia
Walker, 1903
Type species
Ancylus rivularis Say, 1817
Synonyms
  • Ferrissia (Kincaidilla) Hannibal, 1912 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Ferrissia (Pettancylus) Iredale, 1943 · accepted, alternate representation

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 within the genus Ferrissia include:

Many specific names need revision, for example 11 species of Ferrissia in southern Africa.


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