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Semisulcospira

Semisulcospira is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Semisulcospiridae.

Species in the genus Semisulcospira are viviparous.

Species

Species within the genus Semisulcospira include:

"Semisulcospira libertina species complex" consist of four species: Semisulcospira libertina, Semisulcospira reiniana, Semisulcospira kurodai and Semisulcospira trachea.

Synonyms:
  • Semisulcospira dolichostoma <small>Annandale, 1924</small>: synonym of Koreoleptoxis dolichostoma <small>(Annandale, 1924)</small> (original combination)
  • Semisulcospira inflata <small>Tchang, 1949</small>: synonym of Hua textrix <small>(Heude, 1889)</small> (junior synonym)
  • Semisulcospira paludiformis <small>Yen, 1939</small>: synonym of Sulcospira paludiformis <small>(Yen, 1939)</small> (original combination)
  • Semisulcospira paucicincta <small>(E. von Martens, 1894)</small>: synonym of Semisulcospira calculus <small>(Reeve, 1859)</small> (junior synonym)
  • † Semisulcospira recticancellata <small>Kobayashi & Suzuki, 1939</small>: synonym of † Pachychilus recticancellata <small>(Kobayashi & Suzuki, 1939)</small>
  • Semisulcospira trivolvis <small>Yen, 1939</small>: synonym of Sulcospira paludiformis <small>(Yen, 1939)</small> (possible synonym)

Ecology

Semisulcospira snails predate also on eggs of bluegill Lepomis macrochirus.

Uses

Semisulcospira snails are used in some forms of cuisine. In Korean cuisine, they are used to flavor a type of congee (juk), called olgaengi juk.

References

  • Yen, T.-C. (1939). Die chinesischen Land- und Süßwasser-Gastropoden des Natur-Museums Senckenberg. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 444: 1–233, pl. 1–16. Frankfurt am Main.
  • Oniwa K. & Kimura M. (1986). "Genetic variability and relationships in six snail species of the genus Semisulcospira". The Japanese journal of genetics 61(5): 503–514. CiNii.
  • Wenz, W. (1938-1944). Gastropoda. Teil 1: Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia. xii + 1639 pp.&nbsp;In: Schindewolf, O.H. (Ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6. Bornträger, Berlin. Lief. 1, 1-240

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