Ferrissia

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Ferrissia is a genus of small, air-breathing freshwater limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae.

Phylum:Mollusca
Superorder:Hygrophila
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Ferrissia
Shell of Ferissia clessiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Subfamily: Ancylinae
Tribe: Ancylini
Genus: Ferrissia
Walker, 1903[1]
Type species
Ancylus rivularis Say, 1817
Synonyms
  • Ferrissia (Kincaidilla) Hannibal, 1912 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Ferrissia (Pettancylus) Iredale, 1943 · accepted, alternate representation
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Species

Species within the genus Ferrissia include:

  • Ferrissia baconi (Bourguignat, 1853)[2]
  • Ferrissia beaui (Bourguignat, 1853) - Beau's Stream Limpet[3]
  • Ferrissia burnupi (Walker, 1912)[4]
  • Ferrissia cawstoni Walker, 1924
  • Ferrissia ceylanica Benson, 1864
  • Ferrissia chudeaui Germain, 1917
  • Ferrissia clifdeni Connolly, 1939
  • Ferrissia connollyi (Walker, 1912)
  • Ferrissia crenellata Harzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al., 2012
  • Ferrissia deperdita (Desmarest, 1814)
  • Ferrissia dimici (Brusina, 1902)
  • Ferrissia dohrnianus (Clessin, 1882)
  • Ferrissia eburnensis Binder, 1957
  • Ferrissia farquhari (Walker, 1924)
  • Ferrissia fontinalis (Walker, 1912)
  • Ferrissia fragilis (Tryon, 1863) - synonyms: Ferrissia clessiniana (Jickeli, 1882), Ferrissia wautieri (Mirolli, 1960) - Fragile Ancylid[5]
  • Ferrissia gentilis Lanzer, 1991[6]
  • Ferrissia illyrica (Neumayr, 1880)
  • Ferrissia irrorata (Guilding, 1828)
  • Ferrissia isseli (Bourguignat, 1866)[citation needed]
  • Ferrissia junodi Connolly, 1925
  • Ferrissia kavirondica (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)
  • Ferrissia lacustris Walker, 1924
  • Ferrissia leonensis Connolly, 1928
  • Ferrissia lhotelleriei Walker, 1914 - dubious species[7]
  • Ferrissia mcneili Walker, 1925 - hood ancylid[8]
  • Ferrissia modesta Crosse, 1880
  • Ferrissia natalensis Walker, 1924
  • Ferrissia neozelanica (Suter, 1905)
  • Ferrissia neumayri (Fontannes, 1881)
  • Ferrissia pallaryi Walker, 1914 - dubious species[9]
  • Ferrissia parallela (Haldeman) - oblong ancylid[10] or Ferrissia parallelus[11]
  • Ferrissia petterdi (Johnston, 1879)
  • Ferrissia pontileviensis (Morgan, 1920)
  • Ferrissia siamensis Brandt, 1974
  • Ferrissia rivularis (Say, 1817) - the type species
  • Ferrissia tasmanica (Woods, 1876)
  • Ferrissia tanganyicensis (Smith, 1906)[12]
  • Ferrissia tenuis (Bourguignat, 1862)
  • Ferrissia toroensis (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)
  • Ferrissia truci Wautier, 1975
  • Ferrissia verruca (Benson, 1855)
  • Ferrissia victoriensis (Walker, 1912)
  • Ferrissia viola (Annandale & Prashad, 1921)
  • Ferrissia walkeri (Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1907)
  • Ferrissia wittmanni (Schlickum, 1964)
  • Ferrissia zambesiensis (Walker, 1912)
  • Ferrissia zambiensis Mandahl-Barth, 1968

Many specific names need revision, for example 11 species of Ferrissia in southern Africa.[13]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Ferrissia senckenbergiana (Boettger, 1877): synonym of † Ferrissia deperdita (Desmarest, 1814)
  • Ferrissia wautieri (Mirolli, 1960): synonym of Ferrissia fragilis (Tryon, 1836)
  • Ferrissia (Pettancylus) clessiniana (Jickeli, 1882): synonym of Pettancylus clessiniana (Jickeli, 1882)

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