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Semisulcospiridae

Semisulcospiridae, common name semisulcospirids, is a family of freshwater snails, aquatic gilled gastropod mollusks with an operculum, in the superfamily Cerithioidea.

Distribution
The family Semisulcospiridae occurs in western North America, the Far East of Russia, Korea, Japan, China and Vietnam. == Taxonomy ==
Taxonomy
The family Semisulcospiridae was introduced as just a name (nomen nudum) by Morrison (1952), 2009 taxonomy The subfamily Semisulcospirinae within the Pleuroceridae was elevated to family level as Semisulcospiridae by Strong & Köhler (2009). == Genera ==
Genera
There is very high level of mitochondrial heterogeneity in apparent species of Semisulcospiridae (highest among gastropods, also with Pleuroceridae), that has not been sufficiently explained yet as of 2015. Genera within the family Semisulcospiridae include: • Hua S.-F. Chen, 1943 • Juga H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 • Koreoleptoxis J. B. Burch & Y. Jung, 1988 • Koreoleptoxis globusSemisulcospira O. Boettger, 1886 - the type genus ;Genera brought into synonymy: • Biwamelania Matsuoka, 1985: synonym of Semisulcospira O. Böttger, 1886 • Koreanomelania: synonym of Koreoleptoxis J. B. Burch & Y. Jung, 1988 • Namrutua Abbott, 1948: synonym of Semisulcospira O. Böttger, 1886 (junior synonym) • "Parajuga": synonym of Juga H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (unavailable name: no type species designated) • Senckenbergia Yen, 1939: synonym of Semisulcospira O. Böttger, 1886 (junior synonym) ==References==
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