Jaminia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Eninae of the family Enidae.
Characteristics
(Original description in French) The shell is elongated and turreted, featuring a distinct suture. The peritreme (the margin of the aperture) is complete on the right, the left, and across the front; it is slightly joined toward its posterior section.
Species
Species brought into synonymy:
- Jaminia corrugata <small>Preston, 1912</small>: synonym of Nesopupa corrugata <small>(Preston, 1912)</small>: synonym of Insulipupa corrugata <small>(Preston, 1912)</small> (original combination)
- Jaminia desiderata <small>Preston, 1911</small>: synonym of Lauria desiderata <small>(Preston, 1911)</small>
- Jaminia heterostropha <small>Risso, 1826</small>: synonym of Jaminia quadridens quadridens <small>(O. F. Müller, 1774)</small> (junior synonym)
- Jaminia multidentata <small>Risso, 1826</small>: synonym of Granaria variabilis <small>(Draparnaud, 1801)</small> (junior synonym)
- Jaminia niso <small>Risso, 1826</small>: synonym of Jaminia quadridens quadridens <small>(O. F. Müller, 1774)</small> (junior synonym)
- Jaminia proscripta <small>E. A. Smith, 1905</small>: synonym of Nesopupa proscripta <small>(E. A. Smith, 1905)</small> (original combination)
- Jaminia quinquelamellata <small>Risso, 1826</small>: synonym of Solatopupa similis <small>(Bruguière, 1792)</small> (junior synonym)
- Jaminia septemdentata <small>Risso, 1826</small>: synonym of Chondrina avenacea avenacea <small>(Bruguière, 1792)</small> (junior synonym)
References
- Arnaud, P. M., 1978. Révision des taxa malacologiques méditerrannéens introduits par Antoine Risso. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice "1977"5: 101âÂÂ150
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.