Cremnoconchus is a genus of small freshwater snails, gastropod mollusks in the (mostly marine) family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[3][5]
Cremnoconchus | |
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A drawing of Cremnoconchus syhadrensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Littorinidae |
Subfamily: | Lacuninae |
Genus: | Cremnoconchus Blanford, 1869[1] |
Diversity[2] | |
9 freshwater species | |
Synonyms[3] | |
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The generic name Cremnoconchus is from the Greek word κρημνός which means precipice and from the Ancient Greek word κόγχος which means shell.[1]
This genus is the only freshwater genus within the Littorinidae; all other Littorinidae are marine.[5] Two Cremnoconchus species live in waterfalls.[5]
violet - Cremnoconchus conicus | |
green - Cremnoconchus carinatus | |
dark red - Cremnoconchus syhadrensis. |
The genus Cremnoconchus is endemic to the Northwestern Ghats of India.[5]
There were recognized 2-3 species by Strong et al. in 2008,[5] but Reid et al. described 6 new species of Cremnoconchus in 2013.[2]
Species within the genus Cremnoconchus include: