Nystia

Nystia
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Truncatellidae
Genus: †Nystia
Tournouer, 1869

Nystia is an extinct genus of fossil freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Truncatellidae.

The genus Nystia was previously classified within the Stenothyridae or the Micromelaniidae. It is currently classified within the Truncatellidae according to Kadolsky (1988).

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Nystia includes France and the Czech Republic.

Species

Species in the genus Nystia include:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kabat, A. R.; Hershler, Robert (1993). "The Prosobranch Snail Family Hydrobiidae (Gastropoda: Rissooidea): Review of Classification and Supraspecific Taxa". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (547): 1–94. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.547.
  2. ↑ Tournouer M. R. (1869). "Description du nouveau genre Pyrgidium et de deux espèces fosilles des terrains d'eau douce du département de la Côte-d'Or". Journal de Conchyliologie 17: 86-95. 91.
  3. 1 2 Kadolsky D. (1988). "Mollusken aus dem Oligozän von Sieblos a.d. Wasserkuppe/Rhön". Beitrage zur Naturkunde in Osthessen, Fulda, 24: 99-129. pages 103-105.
  4. ↑ (in Czech) PDF. image on page 57.

Further reading