Proserpina (gastropod)

Proserpina is a genus of small land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Proserpinidae.^[1]

Proserpina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Neritimorpha clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:	Helicinoidea
Family:	Proserpinidae
Genus:	Proserpina G. B. Sowerby II, 1839
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 the type genus of the family Proserpinidae.^[2]

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Proserpina include Cuba^[3] and Jamaica^[4] .

Species

Species within the genus Proserpina include:

• Proserpina bidentata C. B. Adams, 1850^[4]
• Proserpina depressa (d’Orbigny, 1842)^[3]
• Proserpina globulosa (d’Orbigny, 1842)^[3]
• Proserpina infortunata
• Proserpina linguifera (Jonas, 1839)^[4]
• † Proserpina milleri (Fulton, 1915)
• Proserpina nitida Sowerby II, 1839^[4]
• Proserpina pisum C. B. Adams, 1850^[4]
• Proserpina planior
• Proserpina scudderae Thompson, 1980^[5]