Horatia is a genus of gastropod molluscs, comprising a small group of minute stygobiont freshwater snails with valvatoid shells, belonging to the subfamily Horatiinae of the family Hydrobiidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Horatia Bourguignat, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719160 on 14 June 2023
It was described by Jules René Bourguignat in 1887.*
Species
Synonyms Horatia albanica Bourguignat, 1887: synonym of Horatia klecakiana Bourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym) Horatia birsteini Starobogatov, 1962: synonym of Pontohoratia birsteini (Starobogatov, 1962) (original combination) Horatia borutzkii Zhadin, 1923: synonym of Motsametia borutzkii (Zhadin, 1923) (original combination) Horatia brusinae Radoman, 1953: synonym of Pseudohoratia brusinae (Radoman, 1953) (basionym) Horatia burnarbasa Schütt, 1964: synonym of Islamia burnarbasa (Schütt, 1964) (original combination) Horatia erythropomatia (Hauffen, 1856): synonym of Erythropomatiana erythropomatia (Hauffen, 1856): synonym of Hauffenia erythropomatia (Hauffen, 1856) (unaccepted combination) Horatia fontinalis Bourguignat, 1887: synonym of Horatia klecakiana Bourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym) Horatia gatoa Boeters, 1980: synonym of Iberhoratia gatoa (Boeters, 1980) (basionym) Horatia hadei E. Gittenberger, 1982: synonym of Daphniola hadei (E. Gittenberger, 1982) (unaccepted > superseded combination) Horatia letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1887: synonym of Horatia klecakiana Bourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym) Horatia ljovuschkini Starobogatov, 1962: synonym of Pontohoratia birsteini (Starobogatov, 1962) Horatia lucidula Angelov, 1967: synonym of Hauffenia lucidula (Angelov, 1967) Horatia marina Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1969: synonym of Andrusovia dybowskii Brusina, 1903 (junior subjective synonym) Horatia nelsonensis Climo, 1977: synonym of Platypyrgus nelsonensis (Climo, 1977) (original combination) Horatia obliqua Bourguignat, 1887: synonym of Horatia klecakiana Bourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym) Horatia obtusa Bourguignat, 1887: synonym of Horatia klecakiana Bourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym) Horatia palustris Bourguignat, 1887: synonym of Horatia klecakiana Bourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym) Horatia polinskii Radoman, 1953: synonym of Pseudohoratia ochridana (Poliński, 1929) (a junior synonym) Horatia praeclara Bourguignat, 1887: synonym of Horatia klecakiana Bourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym) Horatia sanctizaumi Radoman, 1964: synonym of Zaumia sanctizaumi (Radoman, 1964) Horatia servaini Bourguignat, 1887: synonym of Islamia valvataeformis (Möllendorff, 1873) Horatia sokolovi Starobogatov, 1962: synonym of Pontohoratia birsteini (Starobogatov, 1962) Horatia tellinii Pollonera, 1898: synonym of Hauffenia tellinii (Pollonera, 1898) (original combination) Horatia verlikana Bourguignat, 1887: synonym of Horatia klecakiana Bourguignat, 1887 (a junior synonym)
References
External links Hubricht, L. (1940). A subterranean snail from an artesian well. The Nautilus. 54(1): 34–35.