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Physa

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Physidae

Taxonomy
Physa was named by Draparnaud (1801). It is extant. It is the type genus of Physidae, Physinae, Physini.

It was assigned to Physidae by Russell (1935) and Schultz and Cheatum (1970); and to Physini by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Physa Draparnaud
1935Physa Russell p. 119
1970Physa Schultz and Cheatum p. 845
2005Physa Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderHygrophila(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyPlanorboideaRafinesque 1815
familyPhysidaeFitzinger 1833
subfamilyPhysinaeFitzinger 1833
tribePhysiniFitzinger 1833
genusPhysaDraparnaud 1801

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Physa Draparnaud 1801
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Physa columnaris Deshayes 1825
Physa dongtaiensis Gu 1989
Physa lactaena Russell 1935
Physa prinsepii Sowerby 1840
Physa prisca Walcott 1883
Physa wattsi Arnold 1909
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available