Emmericia
Encyclopedia
Emmericia is a genus
of very small freshwater snail
s which have an operculum
, aquatic
gastropod mollusks in the family Amnicolidae
, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
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Emmericia is a the type genus of the subfamily Emmericiinae.
1880. Monographie du genre Emmericia. Angers : Lachèse et Dolbeau.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of very small freshwater snail
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 which have an operculum
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
, 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...
gastropod mollusks in the family Amnicolidae
Amnicolidae
Amnicolidae is a family of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.This family is in the superfamily Rissooidea and in the clade Littorinimorpha...
, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...
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Emmericia is a the type genus of the subfamily Emmericiinae.
Species
Species in the genus Emmericia include:- Emmericia narentana Bourguignat, 1880
- Emmericia patula (Brumati, 1838) - type speciesType speciesIn biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species...
Further reading
Bourguignat J. R.Jules René Bourguignat
Jules René Bourguignat was a French malacologist, a scientist who studied mollusks.-Taxa:Bourguignat named and described many species of mollusks, including:* Lanistes alexandri Bourguignat, 1850, a species of freshwater snail...
1880. Monographie du genre Emmericia. Angers : Lachèse et Dolbeau.