''Doryssa'' is a
genus
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of
freshwater snail
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks that live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs t ...
s which have an
operculum,
aquatic
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Aquatic(s) may also refer to:
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gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the family
Pachychilidae
Pachychilidae, common name pachychilids, is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.Gofas, S. (2014). Pachychilidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...
.
Distribution
These freshwater snails are
endemic
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to
South America
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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Doryssa'' include:
* ''
Doryssa atra'' (Bruguière, 1792)
[Baker H. B. (1930). "The Mollusca collected by the University of Michigan – Williamson expedition in Venezuela". '' Occasional Paper of Museum of zoology'' 210: 1–95]
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* '' Doryssa brevior'' (Troschel, 1848) - type species of the genus ''Doryssa''[Bouchet, P. (2015). ''Doryssa'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=848311 on 2015-10-09]
* '' Doryssa consolidata'' (Bruguière, 1790)[ Abbott R. T. (1955). "Anatomy of the Venezuelan gastropod, ''Doryssa kappleri''". '']The Nautilus
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Description
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* '' Doryssa lamarckiana'' (Brot, 1870)
References
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Freshwater snails
Gastropod genera