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Gundlachia (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Planorbidae

Tribe
  
Bulinini

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Planorboidea

Subfamily
  
Bulininae

Scientific name
  
Gundlachia

Rank
  
Genus

Lower classifications
  
Ferrissia neozelanica, Gundlachia lucasi

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.

Contents

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.

Species

Species within the genus Gundlachia include:

  • Gundlachia bakeri Pilsbry, 1913
  • Gundlachia leucaspis (Ancey, 1901)
  • Gundlachia lucasi Suter, 1905
  • Gundlachia lutzi Walker, 1925
  • Gundlachia meehiana Stimpson
  • Gundlachia radiata (Guilding, 1828)
  • Gundlachia ticaga (Marcus & Marcus, 1962)

    • 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)
  • Gundlachia concentrica (d’Orbigny, 1835) is a synonym for Uncancylus concentricus (d'Orbigny, 1835)

    • References

    Gundlachia (gastropod) Wikipedia
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