Gundlachia (gastropod)

Gundlachia is a genus of minute freshwater snails or limpets, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.

Gundlachia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Bulininae
Tribe:
Bulinini[1]
Genus:
Gundlachia

Species

See text.

The generic name is in honor of Cuban naturalist Juan Gundlach (1810-1896).

Anatomy

These animals have a pallial lung, as do all pulmonate snails, but they also have a false gill or "pseudobranch". This serves as a gill as, in their non-tidal habitat, these limpets never reach the surface for air.

Distribution

They have a worldwide distribution.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Gundlachia include:[4][5][6]

Synonyms:

  • Gundlachia neozelanica Suter, 1905 is a synonym for Ferrissia neozelanicus (Suter, 1905)
  • Gundlachia moricandi (d'Orbigny, 1837) is a synonym for Hebetancylus moricandi (d'Orbigny, 1837)[6]
  • Gundlachia concentrica (d’Orbigny, 1835) is a synonym for Uncancylus concentricus (d'Orbigny, 1835)[6]

References

  1. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  2. Pfeiffer L. K. G. [1850]. Zeitschr. Malakozool. 1849: 97.
  3. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1.
  4. "Gundlachia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  5. Silvana C Thiengo, Aline C Mattos, M Fernanda Boaventura, Márcio S Loureiro, Sonia B Santos, Monica A Fernandez. (August) 2004. Freshwater Snails and Schistosomiasis Mansoni in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: V - Norte Fluminense Mesoregion. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 99, Suppl. 1, pp. 99-103
  6. Ovando, X. M. C.; de Lacerda, L. E. M. & dos Santos, S. B. (2011). "Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Ancylidae, Gundlachia radiata (Guilding, 1828): First record of occurrence for the northwestern region of Argentina" (PDF). CheckList. 7 (3): 263–266. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.