Proserpina (gastropod)

Proserpina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:
Helicinoidea
Family:
Proserpinidae
Genus:
Proserpina

Type species
Proserpina nitida
G. B. Sowerby II, 1839
Synonyms
  • Despoena Newton, 1891 (junior objective synonym)
  • Odontostoma d'Orbigny, 1842
  • Proserpina (Despoenella) H.B. Baker, 1923· accepted, alternate representation
  • Proserpina (Proserpina) G.B. Sowerby II, 1839· accepted, alternate representation

Proserpina is a genus of small land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Proserpinidae.

Proserpina is the type genus of the family Proserpinidae.

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