Erinna (gastropod)

Erinna
Erinna newcombi , a species with a sinistral shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:	Lymnaeoidea
Family:	Lymnaeidae
Genus:	Erinna H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 [1]
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:

• Erinna aulacospira (Ancey, 1889) – this species is considered as possibly extinct. ^[3]
• Erinna newcombi H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 – Newcomb's snail, type species

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. XXX. H. Crosse: 104. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
3. "Erinna aulacospira". NatureServe. October 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2013.