Semisulcospira


Semisulcospira is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Semisulcospiridae.
Species in the genus Semisulcospira are viviparous.

Species

Species within the genus Semisulcospira include:Semisulcospira arenicola Watanabe & Nishino, 1995Semisulcospira calculus Semisulcospira coreana Semisulcospira crassicosta Y.-Y. Liu, Y.-X. Wang & Y.-H. Duan, 1994Semisulcospira davisi Sawada & Nakano, 2021Semisulcospira decipiens Semisulcospira diminuta Gredler, 1887Semisulcospira dilatata Watanabe & Nishino, 1995
"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 Semisulcospira inflata Tchang, 1949: synonym of Hua textrix Semisulcospira paludiformis Yen, 1939: synonym of Sulcospira paludiformis Semisulcospira paucicincta : synonym of Semisulcospira calculus
  • † Semisulcospira recticancellata Kobayashi & Suzuki, 1939: synonym of † Pachychilus recticancellata Semisulcospira trivolvis Yen, 1939: synonym of ''Sulcospira paludiformis''

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, called olgaengi juk.