| Esperiana | |
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| a live Esperiana esperi out of water | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Melanopsidae |
| Genus: | Esperiana Bourguignat, 1877 [1] |
Esperiana is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Melanopsidae. [2]
Species within the genus Esperiana include:
Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper was a German zoologist and naturalist. Born in Wunsiedel in Bavaria, he was professor of zoology at Erlangen university.
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