Horatia is a genus of
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 ...
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s, comprising a small group of minute
stygobiont 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 with
valvatoid shells, belonging to the subfamily
Horatiinae of the family
Hydrobiidae
Hydrobiidae, commonly known as mud snails, is a large cosmopolitan family of very small freshwater and brackish water snails with an operculum, in the order Littorinimorpha.MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Hydrobiidae W. Stimpson, 1865. ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Horatia Bourguignat, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719160 on 14 June 2023]
Species
;Synonyms:
* ''Horatia albanica''
Bourguignat, 1887: synonym of ''Horatia klecakiana''
Bourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym)
* ''Horatia birsteini''
Starobogatov, 1962: synonym of ''
Pontohoratia birsteini''
(Starobogatov, 1962) (original combination)
* ''Horatia borutzkii''
Zhadin, 1923: synonym of ''
Motsametia borutzkii''
(Zhadin, 1923) (original combination)
* ''Horatia brusinae''
Radoman, 1953: synonym of ''
Pseudohoratia brusinae''
(Radoman, 1953) (basionym)
* ''Horatia burnarbasa''
Schütt, 1964: synonym of ''
Islamia burnarbasa''
(Schütt, 1964) (original combination)
* ''Horatia erythropomatia''
(Hauffen, 1856): synonym of ''Erythropomatiana erythropomatia''
(Hauffen, 1856): synonym of ''
Hauffenia erythropomatia''
(Hauffen, 1856) (unaccepted combination)
* ''Horatia fontinalis''
Bourguignat, 1887: synonym of ''Horatia klecakiana''
Bourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym)
* ''Horatia gatoa''
Boeters, 1980: synonym of ''
Iberhoratia gatoa''
(Boeters, 1980) (basionym)
* ''Horatia hadei''
E. Gittenberger, 1982: synonym of ''
Daphniola hadei''
(E. Gittenberger, 1982) (unaccepted >
superseded combination
In taxonomy, a superseded combination is a notice of change to the binomial nomenclature of the accepted name of a species. This happens when a species is moved to a new genus after the initial species description. The original name is called a ...
)
* ''Horatia letourneuxi''
Bourguignat, 1887: synonym of ''
Horatia klecakiana''
Bourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym)
* ''Horatia ljovuschkini''
Starobogatov, 1962: synonym of ''
Pontohoratia birsteini''
(Starobogatov, 1962)
* ''Horatia lucidula''
Angelov, 1967: synonym of ''
Hauffenia lucidula''
(Angelov, 1967)
* ''Horatia marina''
Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1969: synonym of ''
Andrusovia dybowskii''
Brusina, 1903 (junior subjective synonym)
* ''Horatia nelsonensis''
Climo, 1977: synonym of ''
Platypyrgus nelsonensis''
(Climo, 1977) (original combination)
* ''Horatia obliqua''
Bourguignat, 1887: synonym of ''Horatia klecakiana''
Bourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym)
* ''Horatia obtusa''
Bourguignat, 1887: synonym of ''Horatia klecakiana''
Bourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym)
* ''Horatia palustris''
Bourguignat, 1887: synonym of ''Horatia klecakiana''
Bourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym)
* ''Horatia polinskii''
Radoman, 1953: synonym of ''
Pseudohoratia ochridana''
(Poliński, 1929) (a junior synonym)
* ''Horatia praeclara''
Bourguignat, 1887: synonym of ''Horatia klecakiana''
Bourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym)
* ''Horatia sanctizaumi''
Radoman, 1964: synonym of ''
Zaumia sanctizaumi''
(Radoman, 1964)
* ''Horatia servaini''
Bourguignat, 1887: synonym of ''
Islamia valvataeformis''
(Möllendorff, 1873)
* ''Horatia sokolovi''
Starobogatov, 1962: synonym of ''
Pontohoratia birsteini''
(Starobogatov, 1962)
* ''Horatia tellinii''
Pollonera, 1898: synonym of ''
Hauffenia tellinii''
(Pollonera, 1898) (original combination)
* ''Horatia verlikana''
Bourguignat, 1887: synonym of ''Horatia klecakiana''
Bourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym)
References
* Bourguignat, J.-R. (1887). Étude sur les noms génériques des petites Paludinidées à opercule spirescent suivie de la description du nouveau genre Horatia, 1–56, 1 pl. Paris (Mme Ve Tremblay)
External links
Hubricht, L. (1940). A subterranean snail from an artesian well. The Nautilus. 54(1): 34–35.
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Cave snails
Hydrobiidae
Taxa named by Jules René Bourguignat