{{Short description|Family of molluscs}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon= Emmericiidae |image = Emmericia patula A MRKVICKA.jpg |image_caption = ''Emmericia patula'' |authority= Brusina, 1870 }}
'''Emmericiidae''' is a family of freshwater gastropods in the superfamily Truncatelloidea, living in lakes and rivers.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Emmericiidae Brusina, 1870 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724572 |access-date=April 4, 2026|date=February 6, 2026|website=World Register of Marine Species|last=Philippe|first=Bouchet|first2=Vinarski|last2=Maxim}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Esu |first=Daniela |last2=Girotti |first2=Odoardo |last3=Pisegna Cerone |first3=Emanuela |date=May 20, 2016 |title=Emmericia lucana n. sp. (Caenogastropoda) from the Middle Pleistocene of the Mercure Basin (southern Italy) |url=https://www.paleoitalia.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/03_Esu_et_al_2016_BSPI_551.pdf |journal=Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana |volume=55 |issue=1 |via=Paleoitalia|pages=23-18|issn=0375-7633|editor-last=Dominici|editor-first=Stefano}}</ref> There are a few species alive in the type genus, ''Emmericia'', but the vast majority of species are extinct.<ref name=":0" /> ''Emmericia'' was first described by the notable Croatian malacologist Spiridion Brusina in November 1870, although its type species, ''E. patula'', was originally classified as ''Paludina patula'' by Leonardo Brumati in 1838.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Brusina |first=Spiridion |date=November 2, 1870 |title=Monographie der gattungen Emmericia und Fossarulus |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16424986#page/1059/mode/1up |journal=Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien |volume=20 |pages=925-938 |issn=1025-4749 |oclc=5759771 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Leonardo |first=Brumati |date=1838 |title=Catalogo sistematico delle conchiglie terrestri e fluviatili osservate nel territorio di Monfalcone |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015061895838&seq=52 |access-date=May 26, 2026 |website=HathiTrust |publisher=Tip. Paternolli |pages=48-51 |language=it |publication-place=Gorizia}}</ref> Measuring the number of extant ''Emmericia'' species is highly problematic, causing "taxonomic chaos with from one to sixty-seven species recognized in ''Emmericia''."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jaszczyńska |first=Aleksandra |last2=Osikowski |first2=Artur |last3=Falniowski |first3=Andrzej |last4=Hofman |first4=Sebastian |date=May 19, 2023 |title=Towards understanding of the taxonomy within the genus Emmericia Brusina, 1870 (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea) |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13235818.2023.2212413?scroll=top&needAccess=true |journal=Molluscan Research |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=109-122 |doi=10.1080/13235818.2023.2212413 |via=Taylor & Francis Online}}</ref> The family Fontigentidae has previously been considered to be a subfamily, Fontigentinae, of Emmericiidae; however, more recent phylogenetic analysis recovers them as the sister group of the Bythinellidae, with Emmericiidae being more distantly related.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gladstone |first=Nicholas S. |last2=Whelan |first2=Nathan V. |date=January 4, 2022 |title=Pushing barcodes to their limits: phylogenetic placement of Fontigens Pilsbry, 1933 (Caenogastropoda: Littorinimorpha: Truncatelloidea) and elevation of Fontigentidae Taylor, 1966 |url=https://academic.oup.com/mollus/article/88/1/eyab038/6490297 |journal=Journal of Molluscan Studies |volume=88 |issue=1 |doi=10.1093/mollus/eyab038 |via=Oxford Academic}}</ref>
== Genera == Genera within the family Emmericiidae include:
† ''Choerina'' <small>Brusina, 1882</small>
''Emmericia'' <small>Brusina, 1870</small> - type genus
† ''Kuiperia'' <small>Schlickum, 1961</small>
† ''Schuettemmericia'' <small>Schlickum, 1961</small>
† ''Staadtiellopsis'' <small>Schlickum, 1968</small>
† ''Zilchiola'' <small>Kadolsky, 1993</small>
'''Synonyms'''
† ''Euchilus (Zilcheuchilus)'' <small>Schlickum, 1965</small>: synonym of † ''Choerina'' <small>Brusina, 1882</small><ref name=":0" />
† ''Euchilus (Schuettemmericia)'' <small>Schlickum, 1961</small>: synonym of † ''Schuettemmericia'' <small>Schlickum, 1961</small><ref name=":0" />
† ''Nystia (Staadtiella)'' <small>Schlickum, 1968</small>: synonym of † ''Schuettemmericia'' <small>Schlickum, 1961</small><ref name=":0" />
† ''Nystia (Staadtiellopsis)'' <small>Schlickum, 1968</small>: synonym of † ''Staadtiellopsis'' <small>Schlickum, 1968</small><ref name=":0" />
'''Incertae Sedis'''
† ''Jucaria'' <small>Robles</small>: ''Taxon inquirendum'', may never have been published.<ref name=":0" />
== References == <references />
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Category:Gastropod families Category:Littorinimorpha Category:Taxa named by Spiridon Brusina
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