Proserpina (gastropod)

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Proserpina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Proserpinidae
Genus: Prosperina
G. B. Sowerby II, 1839
Type species
Proserpina nitida
G. B. Sowerby II, 1839
Synonyms
  • DespoenaNewton, 1891 (junior objective synonym)
  • Odontostomad'Orbigny, 1842
  • Proserpina (Despoenella)H.B. Baker, 1923· accepted, alternate representation
  • Proserpina (Proserpina)G.B. Sowerby II, 1839· accepted, alternate representation

Proserpina is a genus of small land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Proserpinidae. [1]

Contents

Proserpina is the type genus of the family Proserpinidae. [2]

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Proserpina include Cuba [3] and Jamaica [4] .

Species

Species within the genus Proserpina include:

References

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  2. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mollusca" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine . Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Rosenberg G. & Muratov I. V. (2006). "Status Report on the Terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica" Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 155(1): 117-161. doi : 10.1635/i0097-3157-155-1-117.1.
  5. . Neritopsine Gastropods, accessed 06 March 2014.