Erinna (gastropod)

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Erinna
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Erinna newcombi , a species with a sinistral shell
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Erinna

Type species
Erinna newcombi
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855

Erinna is a genus of air-breathing, freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. [2] This genus is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, United States.

Species

Species within the genus Erinna include:

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References

  1. Adams A. (1855) "Descriptions of Two New Genera and several New Species of Mollusca, from the Collection of Hugh Cumming" Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . Part XXIII. 119-124.
  2. A. Morelet (1882). "Observations critiques sur le Mémoire de M. E. v. Martens, intitulé: Mollusques des Mascareignes et des Séchelles". Journal de Conchyliologie. H. Crosse. XXX: 104. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  3. "Erinna aulacospira". NatureServe. October 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2013.