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Akiyoshia ( Anglèis )

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Akiyoshia is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Amnicolidae.

The distribution of Akiyoshia includes Japan^[2] from whence it was described.

There are some indications that so-called "Akiyoshia" species from southern China may not be true Akiyoshia.^[2]

Species in the subgenus Saganoa from Japan are blind snails.^[3] "Akiyoshia" species from China are not blind.^[3]

Species within the genus Akiyoshia include:

Subgenus Akiyoshia

Akiyoshia uenoi Kuroda & Habe, 1954 - the type species, was described from Japan^[2]^[3]

Subgenus Saganoa Kuroda, Habe & Tamu, 1957^[4]

"Akiyoshia" chinensis Liu, Zhang & Chen, 1982^[2] - anatomy of this Chinese species was described in 1992,^[3]
Akiyoshia kishiiana Kuroda, Habe & Tamu, 1957
Akiyoshia morimotoi^[5]
"Akiyoshia" yunnanensis Liu, Wang & Zhang, 1982^[3]

Nomina nuda:

Akiyoshia odonta, Akiyoshia (Saganoa) odonta Feng et al., 1985 and Akiyoshia (Saganoa) odonta Feng et al., 1986 are nomina nuda.^[3]

The habitat for species in the Saganoa subgenus from Japan is caves and wells.^[3]

"Akiyoshia" species from China live in streams.^[3]

^ Kuroda & Habe (1954). Venus 18: 71-73. page 71, figure 1-4..
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Davis G. M. & Rao S. (1997). "Discovery of Erhaia (Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae) in northern India with description of a new genus of Erhaiini from China". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 48: 273-299. JSTOR.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Davis G. M., Chen C.-E., Wu C., Kuang T.-F., Xing X.-G., Li L., Liu W.-J. & Yan Y.-L. (1992). "The Pomatiopsidae of Hunan, China (Gastropoda, Rissoacea)". Malacologia 34(1-2): 143-342.
^ Kuroda & Habe (1957). Venus 19: 186-187, figures 5-8.
^ (in Japanese) 矢野重文 Yano S. (). "コウチミジンツボ香川県に出現 [The Occurrence of Akiyoshia (Saganoa) morimotoi (Hydrobiidae) from Kagawa-ken]". ちりぼたん Newsletter of the Malacological Society of Japan 18(1): 14-15. CiNii.