| Prophysa | |
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| Smaller gastropods shown in the foreground include Prophysa sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Physidae |
| Genus: | †Prophysa Bandel, 19911 |
| Species: | †P. bristovii
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| Binomial name | |
| †Prophysa bristovii (J. Phillips, 1855)
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Prophysa is a genus of freshwater snails, an aquatic gastropod molluscs from the Mesozoic. The only species is Prophysa bristovii.2
References
References
- Bandel K. (1991). "Gastropods from brackish and fresh water of the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition (a systematic reevaluation)". Berliner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen 134: 9-55, Berlin. page 29.
- Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Prophysa Bandel, 1991 †". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 3 March 2026.