Proserpina (gastropod)

Proserpina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Proserpinidae
Genus: Prosperina
G. B. Sowerby II, 1839
Type species
Proserpina nitida
G. B. Sowerby II, 1839
Synonyms
  • Despoena Newton, 1891 (junior objective synonym)
  • Odontostoma d'Orbigny, 1842
  • Proserpina (Despoenella) H.B. Baker, 1923· accepted, alternate representation
  • Proserpina (Proserpina) G.B. Sowerby II, 1839· accepted, alternate representation

Proserpina is a genus of small land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Proserpinidae.

Proserpina is the type genus of the family Proserpinidae.