Anisancylus

Anisancylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily: Planorboidea
Family: Planorbidae
Subfamily: Planorbinae
Tribe: Ancylini
Genus: Anisancylus
Pilsbry & Vanatta 1924[1]
Species

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Anisancylus is a genus of small, freshwater, air-breathing limpets, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.

Anatomy

These animals have a pallial lung, as do all pulmonate snails, but they also have a false gill or "pseudobranch" which can serve perfectly well as a gill when they are unable to reach the surface for air.

Species

Species within the genus Anisancylus include:[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Anisancylus Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1924". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  2. ↑ dos Santos; S. B. (2003). "Estado atual do conhecimento dos ancilídeos na América do Sul (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Basommatophora)" (PDF). Revista de Biología Tropical (in Portuguese). Redalyc. 51 (3): 191–223. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V., eds. (2014). "Anisancylus". Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 29 May 2014.


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