Akiyoshia

Akiyoshia is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Amnicolidae.

Akiyoshia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Amnicolidae
Subfamily:
Amnicolinae[1]
Genus:
Akiyoshia

Kuroda & Habe, 1954[2]

Distribution

The distribution of Akiyoshia includes Japan[1] from whence it was described.

There are some indications that so-called "Akiyoshia" species from southern China may not be true Akiyoshia.[1]

Description

Species in the subgenus Saganoa from Japan are blind snails.[3] "Akiyoshia" species from China are not blind.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Akiyoshia include:

Subgenus Akiyoshia

  • Akiyoshia uenoi Kuroda & Habe, 1954 - the type species, was described from Japan[1][3]

Subgenus Saganoa Kuroda, Habe & Tamu, 1957[4]

  • "Akiyoshia" chinensis Liu, Zhang & Chen, 1982[1] - anatomy of this Chinese species was described in 1992,[3]
  • Akiyoshia kishiiana Kuroda, Habe & Tamu, 1957
  • Akiyoshia morimotoi[5]
  • "Akiyoshia" yunnanensis Liu, Wang & Zhang, 1982[3]

Nomina nuda:

  • Akiyoshia odonta, Akiyoshia (Saganoa) odonta Feng et al., 1985 and Akiyoshia (Saganoa) odonta Feng et al., 1986 are nomina nuda.[3]

Ecology

The habitat for species in the Saganoa subgenus from Japan is caves and wells.[3]

"Akiyoshia" species from China live in streams.[3]

References
  1. Davis G. M. & Rao S. (1997). "Discovery of Erhaia (Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae) in northern India with description of a new genus of Erhaiini from China". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 48: 273-299. JSTOR.
  2. Kuroda & Habe (1954). Venus 18: 71-73. page 71, figure 1-4..
  3. Davis G. M., Chen C.-E., Wu C., Kuang T.-F., Xing X.-G., Li L., Liu W.-J. & Yan Y.-L. (1992). "The Pomatiopsidae of Hunan, China (Gastropoda, Rissoacea)". Malacologia 34(1-2): 143-342.
  4. Kuroda & Habe (1957). Venus 19: 186-187, figures 5-8.
  5. (in Japanese) 矢野 重文 Yano S. (). "コウチミジンツボ香川県に出現 [The Occurrence of Akiyoshia (Saganoa) morimotoi (Hydrobiidae) from Kagawa-ken]". ちりぼたん Newsletter of the Malacological Society of Japan 18(1): 14-15. CiNii.
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20110929141541/http://www.palaeos.org/Akiyoshia
  • (in Japanese) 波部 忠重 Habe T. (1980). "カワネミジンツボ [Subterranean tiny snail Saganoa]. ちりぼたん Newsletter of the Malacological Society of Japan 11(4): 74-75. CiNIi.
  • (in Japanese) 湊 宏 Minato H. (1986). "地下水棲微小巻貝を和歌山県から採集する [Subterranean Minute Snail, Akiyoshia (Saganoa) Collected from Wakayama-ken]". ちりぼたん Newsletter of the Malacological Society of Japan 17(2): 38-39. CiNii.
  • (in Japanese) 佐野 基人 [他] (1979). "静岡県における肺吸虫の調査-2-宮崎肺吸虫の第1中間宿主Saganoa sp.およびその幼虫について". Japanese Journal of Parasitology 28(4): 211-217. CiNii.
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