Nystia
Nystia is an extinct genus of fossil freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Truncatellidae.[1][3]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Truncatellidae |
Genus: | †Nystia Tournouer, 1869[2] |
The genus Nystia was previously classified within the Stenothyridae or the Micromelaniidae.[1] It is currently classified within the Truncatellidae according to Kadolsky (1988).[1][3]
Distribution
The distribution of the genus Nystia includes France[1] and the Czech Republic.
Species
Species in the genus Nystia include:
References
- Kabat, A. R.; Hershler, Robert (1993). "The Prosobranch Snail Family Hydrobiidae (Gastropoda: Rissooidea): Review of Classification and Supraspecific Taxa". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (547): 1–94. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.547.
- Tournouer M. R. (1869). "Description du nouveau genre Pyrgidium et de deux espèces fosilles des terrains d'eau douce du département de la Côte-d'Or". Journal de Conchyliologie 17: 86-95. 91.
- Kadolsky D. (1988). "Mollusken aus dem Oligozän von Sieblos a.d. Wasserkuppe/Rhön". Beitrage zur Naturkunde in Osthessen, Fulda, 24: 99-129. pages 103-105.
- (in Czech) PDF. image on page 57.
Further reading
- Klika B. (1891).
- Schlickum W. R. (1970). "Zur Gattung Nystia Tounouer". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 100(5-6): 291–293.
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