Sermyla (gastropod)

Sermyla is a genus of brackish water and freshwater snails with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Thiarinae of the family Thiaridae. ^[3]

Sermyla
Sermyla riqueti shells
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Thiaridae
Genus:	Sermyla H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854[1]
Type species
Melania mitra Dunker, 1844
Synonyms
Melanella (Sermyla) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (original rank) Melania (Sermyla) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 Sermylasma Iredale, 1943 [2]

Species

Species within the genus Sermyla include:

• Sermyla carbonata (Reeve, 1859)
• Sermyla huberi Thach, 2021
• Sermyla kupaensis Lentge-Maaß, Neiber, Gimnich & Glaubrecht, 2020^[4]
• Sermyla onca (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
• Sermyla riquetii (Grateloup, 1840)^[5] (Note: see alternative spelling "riqueti" in multiple sources; also, see synonym Melania sculpta Souleyet, 1852 = "Sermyla sculpta" (Souleyet, 1832)^[6])

Synonyms

• Sermyla chaperi de Morgan, 1885: synonym of Brotia episcopalis (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) (a junior synonym)
• Sermyla kowloonensis S.-F. Chen, 1943: synonym of Sermyla riquetii (Grateloup, 1840) (junior synonym)
• Sermyla perakensis de Morgan, 1885: synonym of Brotia episcopalis (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) (junior synonym)
• Sermyla tornatella (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851): synonym of Sermyla riquetii (Grateloup, 1840)
• Sermyla venustula (Brot, 1877):^[7] synonym of Sermyla carbonata (Reeve, 1859)

References

1. Adams (1854). Gen. Rec. Moll., 1, page 296.
2. Iredale T. (1943). Aust. Zool. 10: page 208.
3. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Sermyla H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740363 on 2022-05-24
4. Nora Lentge-Maaß; Marco T. Neiber; France Gimnich; Matthias Glaubrecht (2021). "Evolutionary systematics of the viviparous gastropod Sermyla (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Thiaridae), with the description of a new species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 192 (3): 736–762. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa120.
5. Budha, P.B.; Richter, K. (2012). "Sermyla riqueti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T166263A1381686. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166263A1381686.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
6. Rintelen, T. (2020). "Sermyla sculpta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T189384A177153572. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T189384A177153572.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
7. Köhler, F. (2011). "Sermyla venustula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T189363A8721400. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189363A8721400.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

• Brandt, R. A. M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105: i-iv, 1-423

External links

• Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls.
• Iredale, T. (1943). A basic list of the fresh water Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist. 10(2): 188-230
• Glaubrecht M., Brinkmann N. & Pöppe J. (2009). Diversity and disparity ‘down under': Systematics, biogeography and reproductive modes of the ‘marsupial' freshwater Thiaridae (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea) in Australia. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 85(2): 199-275
• Brot, A. (1874-1879). Die Melaniaceen (Melanidae) in Abbildungen der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Ersten Bandes, vierundzwanzigste Abtheilung. (1) 24 (229): 1-32, pls. 1-6 (1874); (1) 24 (235): 33-80, pls. 7-12 (1875); (1) 24 (244): 81-128, pls. 13-18 (1875); (1) 24 (249): 129-192, pls. 19-24 (1876); (1) 24 (259): 193-272, pls. 25-30 (1877); (1) 24 (264): 273-352, pls. 31-36 (1877); (1) 24 (271): 353-400, pls. 37-42 (1878); (1) 24 (280): 401-456, pls. 43-48 (1879); (1) 24 (283): 457-488, pl. 49 (1879). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe).