Erinna (gastropod)
Encyclopedia
Erinna is a genus of air-breathing, freshwater snail
s, aquatic
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae
, the pond snails. This genus is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, United States
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Freshwater snail
A freshwater snail is one kind of freshwater mollusc, the other kind being freshwater clams and mussels, i.e. freshwater bivalves. Specifically a freshwater snail is a gastropod that lives in a watery non-marine habitat. The majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions....
s, aquatic
Aquatic animal
An aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in water for most or all of its life. It may breathe air or extract its oxygen from that dissolved in water through specialised organs called gills, or directly through its skin. Natural environments and the animals that...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae
Lymnaeidae
Lymnaeidae is a taxonomic family of small to large air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks, that belong to the clade Hygrophila....
, the pond snails. This genus is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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Species
Species within the genus Erinna include:- Erinna aulacospira (Ancey, 1889) – this species is considered as possibly extinct.
- Erinna newcombi H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 – Newcomb's snailNewcomb's snailNewcomb's snail, scientific name Erinna newcombi, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae. This species is endemic to Hawaii, in the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers...
, type species
External links
- Journal de conchyliologie p. 104