Semisulcospira is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Semisulcospiridae.
Species in the genus Semisulcospira are viviparous.
Species
Species within the genus Semisulcospira include:
Semisulcospira arenicola Watanabe & Nishino, 1995
Semisulcospira calculus (Reeve, 1859) Semisulcospira coreana (Martens, 1886) Semisulcospira crassicosta Y.-Y. Liu, Y.-X. Wang & Y.-H. Duan, 1994 Semisulcospira davisi Sawada & Nakano, 2021 Semisulcospira decipiens (Westerlund, 1883) Semisulcospira diminuta Gredler, 1887 Semisulcospira dilatata Watanabe & Nishino, 1995 † Semisulcospira fiscina (Yokoyama, 1932) Semisulcospira fluvialis Watanabe & Nishino, 1995 Semisulcospira forticosta (Martens, 1886) Semisulcospira fuscata Watanabe & Nishino, 1995 † Semisulcospira gamoensis Matsuoka & Miura, 2019 Semisulcospira gottschei (Martens, 1886) Semisulcospira gredleri (Boettger, 1886) Semisulcospira habei Davis, 1969 Semisulcospira habei yamaguchi Davis, 1969 Semisulcospira hongkongensis Brot, 1874 † Semisulcospira kokubuensis Matsuoka & Miura, 2018 Semisulcospira kurodai Kajiyama & Habe, 1961 Semisulcospira libertina (Gould, 1859) Semisulcospira marica Y.-Y. Liu, Y.-X. Wang & W.-Z. Zhang, 1994 Semisulcospira morii Watanabe, 1984 Semisulcospira multigranosa (Boettger, 1886) † Semisulcospira nagiensis (Matsuoka & Taguchi, 2013) † Semisulcospira nakamurai Matsuoka & Miura, 2018 Semisulcospira nakasekoae Kuroda, 1929 Semisulcospira ningpoensis (I. Lea, 1857) Semisulcospira niponica (Smith, 1876) † Semisulcospira nojirina Matsuoka & Miura, 2019 Semisulcospira ourense Watanabe & Nishino, 1984 Semisulcospira pacificans (Heude, 1888) Semisulcospira pleuroceroides (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1910) † Semisulcospira praemultigranosa Matsuoka, 1985 † Semisulcospira pseudomultigranosa Matsuoka & Miura, 2018 † Semisulcospira pusilla Matsuoka & Miura, 2018 Semisulcospira reiniana (Brot, 1876) Semisulcospira reticulata Kajiyama & Habe, 1961 † Semisulcospira reticulataformis Matsuoka & Miura, 2019 Semisulcospira rugosa Watanabe & Nishino, 1995 Semisulcospira shiraishiensis Watanabe & Nishino, 1995 † Semisulcospira spinulifera Matsuoka & Miura, 2018 † Semisulcospira tagaensis Matsuoka & Miura, 2019 Semisulcospira takeshimensis Watanabe & Nishino, 1995 Semisulcospira tegulata (Martens, 1894) Semisulcospira trachea (Westerlund, 1883)
"Semisulcospira libertina species complex" consist of four species: Semisulcospira libertina, Semisulcospira reiniana, Semisulcospira kurodai and Semisulcospira trachea. Synonyms Semisulcospira dolichostoma Annandale, 1924: synonym of Koreoleptoxis dolichostoma (Annandale, 1924) (original combination) Semisulcospira inflata Tchang, 1949: synonym of Hua textrix (Heude, 1889) (junior synonym) Semisulcospira paludiformis Yen, 1939: synonym of Sulcospira paludiformis (Yen, 1939) (original combination) Semisulcospira paucicincta (E. von Martens, 1894): synonym of Semisulcospira calculus (Reeve, 1859) (junior synonym) † Semisulcospira recticancellata Kobayashi & Suzuki, 1939: synonym of † Pachychilus recticancellata (Kobayashi & Suzuki, 1939) Semisulcospira trivolvis Yen, 1939: synonym of Sulcospira paludiformis (Yen, 1939) (possible synonym)
Ecology
Semisulcospira snails predate also on eggs of bluegill Lepomis macrochirus.
Uses
Semisulcospira snails are used in some forms of cuisine. In Korean cuisine, they are used to flavor a type of congee (juk), called olgaengi juk.
References
Yen, T.-C. (1939). Die chinesischen Land- und Süßwasser-Gastropoden des Natur-Museums Senckenberg. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 444: 1-233, pl. 1-16. Frankfurt am Main. Oniwa K. & Kimura M. (1986). "Genetic variability and relationships in six snail species of the genus Semisulcospira". The Japanese journal of genetics 61(5): 503-514. CiNii. Wenz, W. (1938-1944). Gastropoda. Teil 1: Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia. xii + 1639 pp. In: Schindewolf, O.H. (Ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6. Bornträger, Berlin. Lief. 1, 1-240