Ancylus
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For a prehistoric state of the Baltic Sea, see Ancylus Lake.
| Ancylus Temporal range: Tertiary–recent |
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| Ancylus fluviatilis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Hygrophila |
| Superfamily: | Planorboidea |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Subfamily: | Planorbinae |
| Tribe: | Ancylini |
| Genus: | Ancylus O. F. Müller, 1773[1] |
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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.
The genus is known from the Tertiary to the recent periods.[2]
[edit] Species
Species in the genus Ancylus include:
- Ancylus aduncus A. A. Gould, 1847
- Ancylus ashangiensis Brown, 1965
- Ancylus fluviatilis Müller, 1774 - the type species
- Ancylus lapicidus Hubendick, 1960
- Ancylus regularis Brown, 1973
- Ancylus scalariformis Stankovic & Radoman, 1953
- Ancylus striatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
- Ancylus tapirulus Polinski, 1929
Synonyms:
- Ancylus gussonii O. G. Costa, 1829 is a synonym of Williamia gussonii (O. G. Costa, 1829)
[edit] References
- ^ 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)
- ^ (Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn V. & Mikuláš R. (1996): Základy zoopaleontologie. Olomouc, 264 pp., ISBN 80-7067-599-3.
[edit] Further reading
- 2000. Ancylidae (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Ancylidae.html
