Cremnoconchus
Cremnoconchus is a genus of small freshwater snails, gastropod mollusks in the (mostly marine) family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
| 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 |
| Diversity | |
| 9 freshwater species | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.
This genus is the only freshwater genus within the Littorinidae; all other Littorinidae are marine. Two Cremnoconchus species live in waterfalls.
| violet - Cremnoconchus conicus | |
| green - Cremnoconchus carinatus | |
| dark red - Cremnoconchus syhadrensis. |
The genus Cremnoconchus is endemic to the Northwestern Ghats of India.
Species
There were recognized 2-3 species by Strong et al. in 2008, but Reid et al. described 6 new species of Cremnoconchus in 2013.
Species within the genus Cremnoconchus include:
- Cremnoconchus agumbensis Reid, Aravind & Madhyastha, 2013
- Cremnoconchus canaliculatus W. T. Blanford, 1870 - synonym: Cremnoconchus fairbanki Hanley & Theobald, 1876
- Cremnoconchus castanea Reid, Aravind & Madhyastha, 2013
- Cremnoconchus cingulatus Reid, Aravind & Madhyastha, 2013
- Cremnoconchus conicus Blanford, 1870 - synonym: Cremnoconchus carinatus (Layard, 1854)
- Cremnoconchus dwarakii Reid, Aravind & Madhyastha, 2013
- Cremnoconchus globulus Reid, Aravind & Madhyastha, 2013
- Cremnoconchus hanumani Reid, Aravind & Madhyastha, 2013
- Cremnoconchus syhadrensis (Blanford, 1863) - type species
- Synonyms
- Cremnochonchus messageri Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900 is a synonym for Paludomus messageri (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900)
References
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