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Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Akiyoshia is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Amnicolidae.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Amnicolidae |
Subfamily: | Amnicolinae |
Genus: | Akiyoshia Kuroda & Habe, 1954[1] |
The distribution of Akiyoshia includes Japan[2] from whence it was described.
There are some indications that so-called "Akiyoshia" species from southern China may not be true Akiyoshia.[2]
Species in the subgenus Saganoa from Japan are blind snails.[3] "Akiyoshia" species from China are not blind.[3]
Species within the genus Akiyoshia include:
Subgenus Akiyoshia
Subgenus Saganoa Kuroda, Habe & Tamu, 1957[4]
Nomina nuda:
The habitat for species in the Saganoa subgenus from Japan is caves and wells.[3]
"Akiyoshia" species from China live in streams.[3]
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