Proserpina (gastropod) explained

Proserpina is a genus of small land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Proserpinidae.^[1]

Proserpina is the type genus of the family Proserpinidae.

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Proserpina include Cuba^[2] and Jamaica^[3] .

Species

Species within the genus Proserpina include:

• Proserpina bidentata C. B. Adams, 1850^[3]
• Proserpina depressa (d’Orbigny, 1842)^[2]
• Proserpina globulosa (d’Orbigny, 1842)^[2]
• Proserpina infortunata
• Proserpina linguifera (Jonas, 1839)^[3]
• † Proserpina milleri (Fulton, 1915)
• Proserpina nitida Sowerby II, 1839^[3]
• Proserpina pisum C. B. Adams, 1850^[3]
• Proserpina planior
• Proserpina scudderae Thompson, 1980^[4]

References

• Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.

External links

• Newton R. B. (1891). Systematic list of the F. E. Edwards collection of British Oligocene and Eocene mollusca in the British Museum (Natural History), with references to the type-specimens from similar horizons contained in other collections belonging to the Geological Department of the Museum. London, British Museum, XXVIII + 365 pp
• Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1–526. note: type species fixation

Notes and References

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2. http://www.ecosis.cu/cenbio/biodiversidadcuba/fauna/mollusca.htm "Mollusca"
3. Rosenberg G. & Muratov I. V. (2006). "Status Report on the Terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica" Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 155(1): 117-161. .
4. http://neritopsine.lifedesks.org/pages/906