Sermyla (gastropod) explained

Sermyla is a genus of brackish water and freshwater snails with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Thiarinae of the family Thiaridae. ^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Sermyla include:

• Sermyla carbonata (Reeve, 1859)
• Sermyla huberi Thach, 2021
• Sermyla kupaensis Lentge-Maaß, Neiber, Gimnich & Glaubrecht, 2020^[2]
• Sermyla onca (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
• Sermyla riqueti (Grateloup, 1840)^[3]
• Sermyla sculpta Souleyet, 1832^[4]

Synonyms:

• Sermyla chaperi de Morgan, 1885: synonym of Brotia episcopalis (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) (a junior synonym)
• Sermyla kowloonensis S.-F. Chen, 1943: synonym of Sermyla riquetii (Grateloup, 1840) (junior synonym)
• Sermyla perakensis de Morgan, 1885: synonym of Brotia episcopalis (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) (junior synonym)
• Sermyla tornatella (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851): synonym of Sermyla riquetii (Grateloup, 1840)
• Sermyla venustula (Brot, 1877):^[5] synonym of Sermyla carbonata (Reeve, 1859)

References

• Brandt, R. A. M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105: i-iv, 1-423

External links

• Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls.
• Iredale, T. (1943). A basic list of the fresh water Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist. 10(2): 188-230
• Glaubrecht M., Brinkmann N. & Pöppe J. (2009). Diversity and disparity ‘down under': Systematics, biogeography and reproductive modes of the ‘marsupial' freshwater Thiaridae (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea) in Australia. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 85(2): 199-275
• Brot, A. (1874-1879). Die Melaniaceen (Melanidae) in Abbildungen der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Ersten Bandes, vierundzwanzigste Abtheilung. (1) 24 (229): 1-32, pls. 1-6 (1874); (1) 24 (235): 33-80, pls. 7-12 (1875); (1) 24 (244): 81-128, pls. 13-18 (1875); (1) 24 (249): 129-192, pls. 19-24 (1876); (1) 24 (259): 193-272, pls. 25-30 (1877); (1) 24 (264): 273-352, pls. 31-36 (1877); (1) 24 (271): 353-400, pls. 37-42 (1878); (1) 24 (280): 401-456, pls. 43-48 (1879); (1) 24 (283): 457-488, pl. 49 (1879). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe).

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Sermyla H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740363 on 2022-05-24
2. Nora Lentge-Maaß. Marco T. Neiber. France Gimnich. Matthias Glaubrecht. Evolutionary systematics of the viviparous gastropod Sermyla (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Thiaridae), with the description of a new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 192. 3. 2021. 736–762. 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa120. free.
3. Budha, P.B. . Richter, K. . 2012 . Sermyla riqueti . 2012 . e.T166263A1381686 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166263A1381686.en . 18 November 2021.
4. Rintelen, T. . 2020 . Sermyla sculpta . 2020 . e.T189384A177153572 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T189384A177153572.en . 18 November 2021.
5. Köhler, F. . 2011 . Sermyla venustula . 2011 . e.T189363A8721400 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189363A8721400.en . 18 November 2021.