Hua (gastropod) explained

Hua is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Semisulcospiridae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Hua include:

• Hua aristarchorum (Heude, 1889)
• Hua aubryana (Heude, 1889)
• Hua bailleti (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1910)
• Hua diminuta (Boettger, 1887)
• Hua friniana (Heude, 1889)
• Hua funingensis L.-N. Du, Köhler, X.-Y. Chen & J.-X. Yang, 2019
• Hua jacqueti (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1906)
• Hua kunmingensis L.-N. Du, Köhler, G.-H. Yu, X.-Y. Chen & J.-X. Yang, 2019
• Hua liuii L-N. Du, Köhler, G.-H. Yu, X.-Y. Chen & J.-X. Yang, 2019
• Hua oreadarum (Heude, 1889)
• Hua praenotata (Gredler, 1884)
• Hua scrupea (Fulton, 1914)
• Hua tchangsii L-N. Du, Köhler, G.-H. Yu, X.-Y. Chen & J.-X. Yang, 2019
• Hua telonaria (Heude, 1889)
• Hua textrix (Heude, 1889)
• Hua toucheana (Heude, 1889)
• Hua vultuosa (Fulton, 1914)

Synonyms:

• Hua (Namrutua) Abbott, 1948: synonym of Semisulcospira O. Böttger, 1886
• Hua leprosa (Heude, 1889): synonym of Hua telonaria (Heude, 1889) (junior synonym)
• Hua schmackeri (Böttger, 1886): synonym of Hua praenotata (Gredler, 1884) (junior synonym)

References

• Strong, E. & Köhler, F., 2009. Morphological and molecular analysis of 'Melania' jacqueti Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906: from anonymous orphan to critical basal offshoot of the Semisulcospiridae (Gastropda: Cerithioidea). Zoologica Scripta 38: 483-502

External links

• • Chen, S.-F. [Sui-Fong]. (1943). Two new genera, two new species, and two new names of Chinese Melaniidae. Nautilus. 57: 19-21
• Du, L.-N. [Li-Na]; Köhler, F.; Yu, G.-H. [Guo-Hua]; Chen, X.-Y. [Xiao-Yong]; Yang, J.-X. [Jun-Xing]. (2019). Comparative morpho-anatomy and mitochondrial phylogeny of the Semisulcospiridae of Yunnan, southwestern China, with description of four new species (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea). Invertebrate systematics. 33: 825-848

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hua S.-F. Chen, 1943. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=741123 on 2021-03-09