Ecrobia

Ecrobia is a genus of very small aquatic snails, operculate gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.[1]

Ecrobia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Ecrobia

Stimpson, 1865
Synonyms[1]
  • Ventrosia Radoman, 1977

Species

Species within the genus Ecrobia include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Ecrobia pontieuxini (Radoman, 1973): synonym of Ecrobia maritima (Milaschewitsch, 1916)

Taxonomy

Davis et al. (1989: 341-342, 347) suggested that the North American Hydrobia truncata (Vanatta, 1924), the type species of Ecrobia, was introduced from Europe and would then possibly be a synonym of Hydrobia ventrosa which is representative of Ventrosia Radoman, 1977. Even if the species are considered as separate, they are to be considered congeneric and therefore the older name Ecrobia must be given preference over Ventrosia. Haase et al. (2010) use Ecrobia as valid genus.

References
  1. Ecrobia Radoman, 1977. WoRMS (2010). Ecrobia Stimpson, 1865. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238103 on 14 June 2011 .
  2. Ecrobia maritima (Milaschewitsch, 1916). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 June 2011.
  3. Ecrobia ventrosa (Montagu, 1803). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 June 2011.
  • de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.


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