{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Esperiana esperi A MRKVICKA.JPG | image_caption = A live ''Esperiana esperi'' out of water | taxon = Esperiana | authority = Bourguignat, 1877<ref name=WoRMS/> | synonyms = *''Melanopsis (Esperiana)'' <small>Bourguignat, 1877</small> *''Fagotia'' <small>Bourguignat, 1884</small> }}
'''''Esperiana''''' is a genus of freshwater snails in the family Melanopsidae.<ref name=WoRMS/><ref name="Falniowski et al. 2020"/><ref name="Glöer 2002">{{cite book|author=Glöer P. |year=2002|title=Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas|series= Die Tierwelt Deutschlands|publisher= ConchBooks |location=Hackenheim|isbn=3-925919-60-0 |pages= 190–194}}</ref> Its closest relatives are ''Melanopsis'' and ''Microcolpia''.<ref name="Falniowski et al. 2020"/> The genus is distributed in southern and eastern Europe<ref name=GBIF/> extending into Anatolia (Lake Sapanca).<ref name="Şahin and Yildirim 2007"/>
==Species== There are three recognized species:<ref name=WoRMS/> {{linked species list | Esperiana esperi | (A. Férussac, 1823) | Esperiana roseni | (Starobogatov, 1992) | Esperiana sangarica | (Schütt & Bilgin, 1974) }}
==References== {{Commons category|Esperiana}} {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Falniowski et al. 2020">{{cite journal |last1=Falniowski |first1=Andrzej |last2=Heller |first2=Joseph |last3=Cameron |first3=Robert A. D. |last4=Pokryszko |first4=Beata M. |last5=Osikowski |first5=Artur |last6=Rysiewska |first6=Aleksandra |last7=Hofman |first7=Sebastian |name-list-style=amp |title=Melanopsidae (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea) from the eastern Mediterranean: another case of morphostatic speciation |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |date=2020 |volume=190 |issue=2 |pages=483–507 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz160}}</ref>
<ref name=GBIF>{{GBIF |id=4608230|taxon=''Esperiana'' Bourguignat, 1877 |access-date=27 March 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="Şahin and Yildirim 2007">{{cite journal |last1=Şahin |first1=S. |last2=Yildirim |first2=M. |name-list-style=amp |title=The mollusk fauna of Lake Sapanca (Turkey: Marmara) and some physico-chemical parameters of their abundance |journal=Turkish Journal of Zoology |date=2007 |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=47–52 |url=https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol31/iss1/7/ }}</ref>
<ref name=WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS |title=''Esperiana'' Bourguignat, 1877 |year=2025 |id=754674 |db=MolluscaBase |access-date=27 March 2025}}</ref> }}
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Category:Melanopsidae Category:Gastropod genera Category:Gastropods of Europe Category:Taxa named by Jules René Bourguignat
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