Biology:Esperiana

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Esperiana is a genus of freshwater snails in the family Melanopsidae.[1][2][3] Its closest relatives are Melanopsis and Microcolpia.[2] The genus is distributed in southern and eastern Europe[4] extending into Anatolia (Lake Sapanca).[5]

Species

There are three recognized species:[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Esperiana Bourguignat, 1877". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2025. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=754674. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Falniowski, Andrzej; Heller, Joseph; Cameron, Robert A. D.; Pokryszko, Beata M.; Osikowski, Artur; Rysiewska, Aleksandra; Hofman, Sebastian (2020). "Melanopsidae (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea) from the eastern Mediterranean: another case of morphostatic speciation". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190 (2): 483–507. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz160. 
  3. Glöer P. (2002). Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 326 pp., ISBN 3-925919-60-0, pp. 190–194.
  4. "Esperiana Bourguignat, 1877". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/4608230. 
  5. Şahin, S.; Yildirim, M. (2007). "The mollusk fauna of Lake Sapanca (Turkey: Marmara) and some physico-chemical parameters of their abundance". Turkish Journal of Zoology 31 (1): 47–52. https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol31/iss1/7/. 

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