Emmericiidae

Emmericiidae
Emmericia patula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Emmericiidae
Brusina, 1870

Emmericiidae is a family of freshwater gastropods in the superfamily Truncatelloidea, living in lakes and rivers. There are a few species alive in the type genus, Emmericia, but the vast majority of species are extinct. Emmericia was first described by the notable Croatian malacologist Spiridion Brusina in November 1870, although its type species, E. patula, was originally classified as Paludina patula by Leonardo Brumati in 1838. Measuring the number of extant Emmericia species is highly problematic. The family Fontigentidae has previously been considered to be a subfamily, Fontigentinae, of Emmericiidae; however, more recent phylogenetic analysis recovers them as the sister group of the Bythinellidae, with Emmericiidae being more distantly related.

Genera

Genera within the family Emmericiidae include:

† Choerina Brusina, 1882

Emmericia Brusina, 1870 - type genus

† Kuiperia Schlickum, 1961

† Schuettemmericia Schlickum, 1961

† Staadtiellopsis Schlickum, 1968

† Zilchiola Kadolsky, 1993

Synonyms

† Euchilus (Zilcheuchilus) Schlickum, 1965: synonym of † Choerina Brusina, 1882

† Euchilus (Schuettemmericia) Schlickum, 1961: synonym of † Schuettemmericia Schlickum, 1961

† Nystia (Staadtiella) Schlickum, 1968: synonym of † Schuettemmericia Schlickum, 1961

† Nystia (Staadtiellopsis) Schlickum, 1968: synonym of † Staadtiellopsis Schlickum, 1968

Incertae Sedis

† Jucaria Robles: Taxon inquirendum, may never have been published.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Philippe, Bouchet; Maxim, Vinarski (February 6, 2026). "Emmericiidae Brusina, 1870". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 4, 2026.
  2. ↑ Esu, Daniela; Girotti, Odoardo; Pisegna Cerone, Emanuela (May 20, 2016). Dominici, Stefano (ed.). "Emmericia lucana n. sp. (Caenogastropoda) from the Middle Pleistocene of the Mercure Basin (southern Italy)" (PDF). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana. 55 (1): 23–18. ISSN 0375-7633 – via Paleoitalia.
  3. ↑ Brusina, Spiridion (November 2, 1870). "Monographie der gattungen Emmericia und Fossarulus". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (in German). 20: 925–938. ISSN 1025-4749. OCLC 5759771 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. ↑ Leonardo, Brumati (1838). "Catalogo sistematico delle conchiglie terrestri e fluviatili osservate nel territorio di Monfalcone". HathiTrust (in Italian). Gorizia: Tip. Paternolli. pp. 48–51. Retrieved May 26, 2026.
  5. ↑ Jaszczyńska, Aleksandra; Osikowski, Artur; Falniowski, Andrzej; Hofman, Sebastian (May 19, 2023). "Towards understanding of the taxonomy within the genus Emmericia Brusina, 1870 (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea)". Molluscan Research. 43 (2): 109–122. doi:10.1080/13235818.2023.2212413 – via Taylor & Francis Online.
  6. ↑ Gladstone, Nicholas S.; Whelan, Nathan V. (January 4, 2022). "Pushing barcodes to their limits: phylogenetic placement of Fontigens Pilsbry, 1933 (Caenogastropoda: Littorinimorpha: Truncatelloidea) and elevation of Fontigentidae Taylor, 1966". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 88 (1). doi:10.1093/mollus/eyab038 – via Oxford Academic.