Ferrissia

Ferrissia
Shell of Ferissia clessiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Subfamily: Ancylinae
Tribe: Ancylini
Genus: Ferrissia
Walker, 1903[1]
Type species
Ancylus rivularis Say, 1817
Synonyms
  • Ferrissia (Kincaidilla) Hannibal, 1912 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Ferrissia (Pettancylus) Iredale, 1943 · accepted, alternate representation

Ferrissia is a genus of small, air-breathing freshwater limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.

  1. ^ Walker B. (1903). "Notes on eastern American Ancyli". The Nautilus 17(2/3): 13-19, 25-31.