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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Doryssa consolidata del Rio Ventuari, Amazonas - Venezuela 000.jpg
| image_caption = Two shells of ''[[Doryssa consolidata]]''
| taxon = Doryssa
| authority = [[Henry Adams (zoologist)|H. Adams]] & [[Arthur Adams (zoologist)|A. Adams]], 1854
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}}
'''''Doryssa''''' is a [[genus]] of [[freshwater snail]]s which have an [[Operculum (gastropod)|operculum]], [[aquatic animal|aquatic]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]]s in the family [[Pachychilidae]].
== Distribution ==
These freshwater snails are [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[South America]].
== Species ==
Species within the genus ''Doryssa'' include:
* ''[[Doryssa atra]]'' (Bruguière, 1792)<ref name="Baker 1930">Baker H. B. (1930). "The Mollusca collected by the University of Michigan – Williamson expedition in Venezuela". ''[[Occasional Paper of Museum of zoology]]'' '''210''': 1–95. [http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/56649/1/OP210.pdf PDF]</ref>
* ''[[Doryssa brevior]]'' (Troschel, 1848) - type species of the genus ''Doryssa''<ref name="WoRMS 2015">Bouchet, P. (2015). ''Doryssa'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=848311 on 2015-10-09</ref>
* ''[[Doryssa consolidata]]'' (Bruguière, 1790)<ref name="Baker 1930"/>
* ''[[Doryssa derivans]]'' Brot, 1874
* ''[[Doryssa geijskesi]]'' (Pain, 1956)
* ''[[Doryssa gruneri]]'' (Jonas, 1844)<ref name="Baker 1930"/>
* ''[[Doryssa hohenackeri]]'' (Philippi, 1851)<ref name="WoRMS 2015"/>
* ''[[Doryssa kappleri]]'' (Vernhout, 1914)<ref>[[R. Tucker Abbott|Abbott R. T.]] (1955). "Anatomy of the Venezuelan gastropod, ''Doryssa kappleri''". ''[[The Nautilus (journal)|The Nautilus]]'' '''69''': [https://archive.org/stream/nautilus69amer#page/44/mode/2up 44]–46, [https://archive.org/stream/nautilus69amer#page/n58/mode/1up plate].</ref>
* ''[[Doryssa lamarckiana]]'' (Brot, 1870)<ref name="Baker 1930"/>
* ''[[Doryssa petechialis]]'' (Brot, 1860)
* ''[[Doryssa schuppi]]'' (Ihering, 1902)
* ''[[Doryssa transversa]]'' (Lea, 1850)
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File:Doryssa atra del Rio Ventuari, Amazonas - Venezuela 003.jpg|''[[Doryssa atra]]''
File:Doryssa hohenackery kappleri 004.jpg|''[[Doryssa hohenackeri]]''
File:Doryssa kappleri 000.jpg|''[[Doryssa kappleri]]''
</gallery>
==References==
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[[Category:Freshwater snails]]
[[Category:Gastropod genera]]