Ancylus

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For a prehistoric state of the Baltic Sea, see Ancylus Lake.
Ancylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Heterobranchia
Order: Pulmonata
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Ancylus

Ancylus is a genus of very small, freshwater, air-breathing limpets. They are aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ancylidae (sometimes placed in the Planorbidae).

[edit] Species

  • Ancylus aduncus A. A. Gould, 1847
  • Ancylus fluviatilis O. F. Müller, 1774
  • Ancylus lapicidus Hubendick, 1960
  • Ancylus scalariformis Stankovic & Radoman, 1953
  • Ancylus striatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
  • Ancylus tapirulus Polinski, 1929

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