Caspia

Caspia is a genus of marine snails, brackish water snails and freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.[2] Caspia is the type genus of the Caspiidae, that is a synonym of Pyrgulinae.[2]

For Caspian Sea, as it was known by ancient sources, see Caspian Sea.

Caspia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Subfamily: Caspiinae
Genus: Caspia
Dybowski, 1888[1]

Species

Species within the genus Caspia include:

  • Caspia baerii Clessin & W. Dybowski in W. Dybowski, 1888 - type species, marine[3]
  • Caspia brotzkajae Starobogatov in Anistratenko & Prisjazhnjuk, 1992 - marine[3]
  • Caspia gaillardi (Tadjalli-Pour, 1977) - marine[3]
  • Caspia gmelinii Clessin & W. Dybowski in W. Dybowski, 1888 - marine[3]
  • Caspia knipowitchi Makarov, 1938 - marine and brackish[3]
  • Caspia logvinenkoi (Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966) - freshwater[3]
  • Caspia makarovi (Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966) - freshwater and brackish[3]
  • Caspia pallasii Clessin & W. Dybowski, 1887
  • Caspia stanislavi Alexenko & Starobogatov, 1987 - freshwater and brackish[3]
  • Caspia valkanovi (Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966)[4]
Species brought into synonymy
  • Caspia issykkulensis Clessin, 1894: synonym of Pseudocaspia issykkulensis (Clessin, 1894)

References
  1. Dybowski W. (1888). Malakozoologische Blätter, (N.F.) 10: 34.
  2. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  3. Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on March 2, 2010). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". Version 2.3.1
  4. WoRMS (2011). Caspia valkanovi (Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576361 on 2011-07-14


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