Ancylus

Ancylus is a genus of very small, freshwater, air-breathing limpets. They are aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the tribe Ancylini within the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.[2]

Ancylus
Temporal range: Cenozoic
Ancylus fluviatilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Superfamily: Lymnaeoidea
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Ancylus
O. F. Müller, 1773[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Ancilus O.F. Müller, 1773 (a misspelling of the generic name Ancylus)
  • Pseudancylus Walker, 1921 (junior objective synonym of Ancylus)
  • Velletia (Ancylus) O. F. Müller, 1773 (new combination)

The genus is known throughout the Cenozoic.[3]

Species

Species in the genus Ancylus include:

  • Ancylus aduncus A. A. Gould, 1847[4]
  • Ancylus alutae Jekelius, 1932
  • Ancylus ashangiensis Brown, 1965[5]
  • Ancylus benoitianus Bourguignat, 1862
  • Ancylus bourgeoisi Deshayes, 1863
  • Ancylus boyeri Noulet, 1867
  • Ancylus braunii Dunker, 1853
  • Ancylus capuloides Jan in Porro, 1838
  • Ancylus cestasensis Peyrot, 1932
  • Ancylus depressus Deshayes, 1824
  • Ancylus dumasi Fontannes, 1884
  • Ancylus elegans J. de C. Sowerby, 1826
  • Ancylus expansilabris Clessin, 1881
  • Ancylus fluviatilis Müller, 1774[6] - the type species[4]
  • Ancylus hungaricus Brusina, 1902
  • Ancylus lapicidus Hubendick, 1960[6][4]
  • Ancylus lyelli Maillard, 1892
  • Ancylus moravicus Rzehak, 1893
  • Ancylus ninghaiensis Youluo, 1978
  • Ancylus parmophorus de Stefani, 1880
  • Ancylus pileolus[6]
  • Ancylus recurvus Martens, 1873
  • Ancylus regularis Brown, 1973[7]
  • Ancylus rupicola Boubée, 1832[6]
  • Ancylus saucatsensis Peyrot, 1932 (?)
  • Ancylus scalariformis Stankovic & Radoman, 1953[6][4]
  • Ancylus serbicus Brusina, 1893
  • Ancylus striatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834[4]
  • Ancylus subcircularis Clessin, 1880
  • Ancylus subcostatus Benoist, 1873
  • Ancylus tapirulus Polinski, 1929[6][4]
Synonyms
  • Ancylus croaticus Brusina, 1902: synonym of † Acroloxus croaticus (Brusina, 1902)
  • Ancylus decussatus Reuss in Reuss & Meyer, 1849: synonym of †Acroloxus decussatus (Reuss in Reuss & Meyer, 1849)
  • Ancylus deperditolacustris Gottschick, 1911: synonym of † Acroloxus deperditolacustris (Gottschick, 1911)
  • Ancylus deperditus (Desmarest, 1814): synonym of † Ferrissia deperdita (Desmarest, 1814)
  • Ancylus drouetianus Bourguignat, 1862: synonym of Williamia gussoni (Costa O. G., 1829)
  • Ancylus fuscus C. B. Adams, 1840: synonym of Laevapex fuscus (C. B. Adams, 1840)
  • Ancylus gibbosus Bourguignat, 1862: synonym of Williamia gussoni (Costa O. G., 1829)
  • Ancylus gussonii O. G. Costa, 1829: synonym of Williamia gussonii (O. G. Costa, 1829)
  • Ancylus illyricus Neumayr, 1880: synonym of †Ferrissia illyrica (Neumayr, 1880)
  • Ancylus involutus Pavlović, 1903: synonym of † Acroloxus involutus (Pavlović, 1903)
  • Ancylus michaudi Locard, 1878: synonym of † Acroloxus michaudi (Locard, 1878)
  • Ancylus neumayri Fontannes, 1881: synonym of †Ferrissia neumayri (Fontannes, 1881)
  • Ancylus patelloides I. Lea, 1856: synonym of Lanx patelloides (I. Lea, 1856)
  • Ancylus pontileviensis Morgan, 1920: synonym of † Ferrissia pontileviensis (Morgan, 1920)
  • Ancylus wittmanni Schlickum, 1964: synonym of † Ferrissia wittmanni (Schlickum, 1964)

Cladogram

A cladogram based on sequences of mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA and cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes showing phylogenic relations of Ancylus by Albrecht et al. (2006):[6]

Ancylus

Ancylus sp. C

Ancylus sp. D

Ancylus tapirulus

Ancylus lapicidus

Ancylus scalariformis

Ancylus sp. B

Ancylus sp. A

Ancylus fluviatilis

References

  1. Müller O. F. (1773). Vermivm terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Volumen alterum. - pp. I-XXVI [= 1-36], 1-214, [1-10]. Havniae & Lipsiae. (Heineck & Faber). (1774)
  2. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Ancylus O. F. Müller, 1773. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559196 on 2014-11-15
  3. (in Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn V. & Mikuláš R. (1996): Základy zoopaleontologie. Olomouc, 264 pp., ISBN 80-7067-599-3.
  4. "Species in genus Ancylus (n=6)". AnimalBase, accessed 7 July 2012.
  5. Van Damme D. (2010). Ancylus ashangiensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 7 July 2012.
  6. Albrecht C., Trajanovski S., Kuhn K., Streit B. & Wilke T. (2006). "Rapid evolution of an ancient lake species flock: Freshwater limpets (Gastropoda: Ancylidae) in the Balkan Lake Ohrid". Organisms Diversity & Evolution 6(4): 294-307. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2005.12.003.
  7. Van Damme D. (2010). Ancylus regularis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 7 July 2012.

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