Akiyoshia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Amnicolidae |
| Subfamily: | Amnicolinae |
| Genus: | Akiyoshia Kuroda & Habe, 1954[1] |
Akiyoshia is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Amnicolidae.
Distribution[edit]
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]
Description[edit]
Species in the subgenus Saganoa from Japan are blind snails.[3] "Akiyoshia" species from China are not blind.[3]
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Akiyoshia include:
Subgenus Akiyoshia
- Akiyoshia uenoi Kuroda & Habe, 1954 - the type species, was described from Japan[2][3]
Subgenus Saganoa Kuroda, Habe & Tamu, 1957[4]
- "Akiyoshia" chinensis Liu, Zhang & Chen, 1982[2] - anatomy of this Chinese species was described in 1992,[3]
- Akiyoshia kishiiana Kuroda, Habe & Tamu, 1957
- Akiyoshia morimotoi[5]
- "Akiyoshia" yunnanensis Liu, Wang & Zhang, 1982[3]
Nomina nuda:
- Akiyoshia odonta, Akiyoshia (Saganoa) odonta Feng et al., 1985 and Akiyoshia (Saganoa) odonta Feng et al., 1986 are nomina nuda.[3]
Ecology[edit]
The habitat for species in the Saganoa subgenus from Japan is caves and wells.[3]
"Akiyoshia" species from China live in streams.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Kuroda & Habe (1954). Venus 18: 71-73. page 71, figure 1-4.
- ^ a b c d Davis G. M. & Rao S. (1997). "Discovery of Erhaia (Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae) in northern India with description of a new genus of Erhaiini from China". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 48: 273-299. JSTOR.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Davis G. M., Chen C.-E., Wu C., Kuang T.-F., Xing X.-G., Li L., Liu W.-J. & Yan Y.-L. (1992). "The Pomatiopsidae of Hunan, China (Gastropoda, Rissoacea)". Malacologia 34(1-2): 143-342.
- ^ Kuroda & Habe (1957). Venus 19: 186-187, figures 5-8.
- ^ (in Japanese) 矢野 重文 Yano S. (). "コウチミジンツボ香川県に出現 [The Occurrence of Akiyoshia (Saganoa) morimotoi (Hydrobiidae) from Kagawa-ken]". ちりぼたん Newsletter of the Malacological Society of Japan 18(1): 14-15. CiNii.
External links[edit]
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110929141541/http://www.palaeos.org/Akiyoshia
- (in Japanese) 波部 忠重 Habe T. (1980). "カワネミジンツボ [Subterranean tiny snail Saganoa]. ちりぼたん Newsletter of the Malacological Society of Japan 11(4): 74-75. CiNIi.
- (in Japanese) 湊 宏 Minato H. (1986). "地下水棲微小巻貝を和歌山県から採集する [Subterranean Minute Snail, Akiyoshia (Saganoa) Collected from Wakayama-ken]". ちりぼたん Newsletter of the Malacological Society of Japan 17(2): 38-39. CiNii.
- (in Japanese) 佐野 基人 [他] (1979). "静岡県における肺吸虫の調査-2-宮崎肺吸虫の第1中間宿主Saganoa sp.およびその幼虫について". Japanese Journal of Parasitology 28(4): 211-217. CiNii.