Ferrissia is a genus of small, air-breathing freshwater limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae.

Species

Species within the genus Ferrissia include:

• Ferrissia baconi (Bourguignat, 1853)

• Ferrissia beaui (Bourguignat, 1853) - Beau's Stream Limpet

• Ferrissia burnupi (Walker, 1912)

• Ferrissia cawstoni Walker, 1924

• Ferrissia ceylanica Benson, 1864

• Ferrissia chudeaui Germain, 1917

• Ferrissia clifdeni Connolly, 1939

• Ferrissia connollyi (Walker, 1912)

• † Ferrissia crenellata Harzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al., 2012

• † Ferrissia deperdita (Desmarest, 1814)

• † Ferrissia dimici (Brusina, 1902)

• Ferrissia dohrnianus (Clessin, 1882)

• Ferrissia eburnensis Binder, 1957

• Ferrissia farquhari (Walker, 1924)

• Ferrissia fontinalis (Walker, 1912)

• Ferrissia fragilis (Tryon, 1863) - synonyms: Ferrissia clessiniana (Jickeli, 1882), Ferrissia wautieri (Mirolli, 1960) - Fragile Ancylid

• Ferrissia gentilis Lanzer, 1991

• † Ferrissia illyrica (Neumayr, 1880)

• Ferrissia irrorata (Guilding, 1828)

• Ferrissia isseli (Bourguignat, 1866)

• Ferrissia junodi Connolly, 1925

• Ferrissia kavirondica (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)

• Ferrissia lacustris Walker, 1924

• Ferrissia leonensis Connolly, 1928

• Ferrissia lhotelleriei Walker, 1914 - dubious species

• Ferrissia mcneili Walker, 1925 - hood ancylid

• Ferrissia modesta Crosse, 1880

• Ferrissia natalensis Walker, 1924

• Ferrissia neozelanica (Suter, 1905)

• † Ferrissia neumayri (Fontannes, 1881)

• Ferrissia pallaryi Walker, 1914 - dubious species

• Ferrissia parallela (Haldeman) - oblong ancylid or Ferrissia parallelus

• Ferrissia petterdi (Johnston, 1879)

• † Ferrissia pontileviensis (Morgan, 1920)

• Ferrissia siamensis Brandt, 1974

• Ferrissia rivularis (Say, 1817) - the type species

• Ferrissia tasmanica (Woods, 1876)

• Ferrissia tanganyicensis (Smith, 1906)

• Ferrissia tenuis (Bourguignat, 1862)

• Ferrissia toroensis (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)

• † Ferrissia truci Wautier, 1975

• Ferrissia verruca (Benson, 1855)

• Ferrissia victoriensis (Walker, 1912)

• Ferrissia viola (Annandale & Prashad, 1921)

• Ferrissia walkeri (Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1907)

• † Ferrissia wittmanni (Schlickum, 1964)

• Ferrissia zambesiensis (Walker, 1912)

• Ferrissia zambiensis Mandahl-Barth, 1968

Many specific names need revision, for example 11 species of Ferrissia in southern Africa.

1. Species brought into synonymy:

2. † Ferrissia senckenbergiana (Boettger, 1877): synonym of † Ferrissia deperdita (Desmarest, 1814)

3. Ferrissia wautieri (Mirolli, 1960): synonym of Ferrissia fragilis (Tryon, 1836)

4. Ferrissia (Pettancylus) clessiniana (Jickeli, 1882): synonym of Pettancylus clessiniana (Jickeli, 1882)

References

External links

• Greke K. (2011). "First record of the genus Ferrissia Walker, 1903 (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) from the Papuan region". In: Telnov D. Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. Volume I., The Entomological Society of Latvia, Riga, 526 pp.