Marisa (gastropod)
Marisa is a genus of freshwater snails in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.
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| Lateral view of a shell of Marisa cornuarietis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Family: | Ampullariidae |
| Genus: | Marisa J. E. Gray, 1824[1] |
Species
There are two species:
- Marisa cornuarietis (Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
- Marisa planogyra Pilsbry, 1933[2]
Phylogeny
Based on analysis of mitochondrial 12S ribosomal RNA, 16S ribosomal RNA, and the cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) gene, M. cornuarietis is a sister clade to M. planogyra and Asolene spixii, indicating that genus Marisa is not monophyletic.[2]
References
- Gray J. E. (1824). Zoological notices. The Philosophical Magazine and Journal 63: 274-277. page 276.
- Rawlings, T. A., et al. (2007). The identity, distribution, and impacts on non-native apple snails in the continental United States. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 97 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-97.
Further reading
- Cowie R. H. & Thiengo S. C. (2003). The apple snails of the Americas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: Asolene, Felipponea, Marisa, Pomacea, Pomella): a nomenclatural and type catalog. Malacologia 45: 41-100.
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