Horatia (gastropod)

Horatia Temporal range: Late Pleistocene to Recent
SEM photo of Horatia ozimeci
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Truncatelloidea
Family:	Hydrobiidae
Subfamily:	Horatiinae
Genus:	Horatia Bourguignat, 1887
Type species
Horatia klecakiana Bourguignat, 1887
Synonyms
AristidiaBourguignat, 1887 [1] Horatia (Horatia)Bourguignat, 1887 · alternate representation

Horatia is a genus of gastropod molluscs, comprising a small group of minute stygobiont freshwater snails with valvatoid shells, belonging to the subfamily Horatiinae of the family Hydrobiidae. ^[2]

It was described by Jules René Bourguignat in 1887. ^[3]

Species

• Horatia klecakiana Bourguignat, 1887
• Horatia knorri Schütt, 1961
• Horatia macedonica (Kuščer, 1937)
• Horatia novoselensis Radoman, 1966
• Horatia ozimeci Grego & Falniowski, 2021
• Horatia parvula (Naegele, 1894)
• Horatia podvisensis Glöer & Reuselaars, 2020
• Horatia schlosseri (Royo Gómez, 1922)
• Horatia sturmi Rosenhauer, 1856
• Horatia stygorumina Grego & Rysiewska, 2021

Synonyms

• Horatia albanicaBourguignat, 1887: synonym of Horatia klecakianaBourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym)
• Horatia birsteiniStarobogatov, 1962: synonym of Pontohoratia birsteini (Starobogatov, 1962) (original combination)
• Horatia borutzkiiZhadin, 1923: synonym of Motsametia borutzkii (Zhadin, 1923) (original combination)
• Horatia brusinaeRadoman, 1953: synonym of Pseudohoratia brusinae (Radoman, 1953) (basionym)
• Horatia burnarbasaSchütt, 1964: synonym of Islamia burnarbasa (Schütt, 1964) (original combination)
• Horatia erythropomatia(Hauffen, 1856): synonym of Erythropomatiana erythropomatia(Hauffen, 1856): synonym of Hauffenia erythropomatia (Hauffen, 1856) (unaccepted combination)
• Horatia fontinalisBourguignat, 1887: synonym of Horatia klecakianaBourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym)
• Horatia gatoaBoeters, 1980: synonym of Iberhoratia gatoa (Boeters, 1980) (basionym)
• Horatia hadeiE. Gittenberger, 1982: synonym of Daphniola hadei (E. Gittenberger, 1982) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
• Horatia letourneuxiBourguignat, 1887: synonym of Horatia klecakiana Bourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym)
• Horatia ljovuschkiniStarobogatov, 1962: synonym of Pontohoratia birsteini (Starobogatov, 1962)
• Horatia lucidulaAngelov, 1967: synonym of Hauffenia lucidula (Angelov, 1967)
• Horatia marinaLogvinenko & Starobogatov, 1969: synonym of Andrusovia dybowskii Brusina, 1903 (junior subjective synonym)
• Horatia nelsonensisClimo, 1977: synonym of Platypyrgus nelsonensis (Climo, 1977) (original combination)
• Horatia obliquaBourguignat, 1887: synonym of Horatia klecakianaBourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym)
• Horatia obtusaBourguignat, 1887: synonym of Horatia klecakianaBourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym)
• Horatia palustrisBourguignat, 1887: synonym of Horatia klecakianaBourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym)
• Horatia polinskiiRadoman, 1953: synonym of Pseudohoratia ochridana (Poliński, 1929) (a junior synonym)
• Horatia praeclaraBourguignat, 1887: synonym of Horatia klecakianaBourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym)
• Horatia sanctizaumiRadoman, 1964: synonym of Zaumia sanctizaumi (Radoman, 1964)
• Horatia servainiBourguignat, 1887: synonym of Islamia valvataeformis (Möllendorff, 1873)
• Horatia sokoloviStarobogatov, 1962: synonym of Pontohoratia birsteini (Starobogatov, 1962)
• Horatia telliniiPollonera, 1898: synonym of Hauffenia tellinii (Pollonera, 1898) (original combination)
• Horatia verlikanaBourguignat, 1887: synonym of Horatia klecakianaBourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym)

References

1. "Horatia". Global Biodiversity Information Facility .
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Horatia Bourguignat, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719160 on 14 June 2023
3. • Bourguignat, J.-R. (1887). Étude sur les noms génériques des petites Paludinidées à opercule spirescent suivie de la description du nouveau genre Horatia, (in French). Paris: Mme Ve Tremblay. pp. 1–56, 1 pl.

External links

• Hubricht, L. (1940). A subterranean snail from an artesian well. The Nautilus. 54(1): 34–35.