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Ancylidae
Ancylini is a tribe of small, freshwater, air-breathing limpets, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies. This tribe used to be treated as a family; the current taxonomic placement within Planorbidae is according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). 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 in situations where the limpet is unable to reach the surface for air, as is often the case. Genera Genera in the tribe Ancylini include: * ''Ancylus'' Müller, 1773 - type genus * '' Pseudancylus'' * '' Rhodocephala'' * ''Ferrissia'' Walker, 1903 * '' Rhodacmea'' Walker, 1917 * '' Sineancylus'' Gutiérrez Gregoric, 2014 * '' Anisancylus'' Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1924 * '' Burnupia'' Walker, 1912 * '' Gundlachia'' Pfeiffer, 1849 * '' Hebetancylus'' Pilsbry, 1914 * '' Laevapex'' Walker, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limpet
Limpets are a group of aquatic snails that exhibit a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. Limpets are members of the class Gastropoda, but are polyphyletic, meaning the various groups called "limpets" descended independently from different ancestral gastropods. This general category of conical shell is known as "patelliform" (dish-shaped). All members of the large and ancient marine clade Patellogastropoda are limpets. Within that clade, the members of the Patellidae family in particular are often referred to as "true limpets". Other groups, not in the same family, are also called limpets of one type or another, due to the similarity of their shells' shape. Examples include the Fissurellidae ("keyhole limpet") family, which is part of the Vetigastropoda clade (many other members of the Vetigastropoda do not have the morphology of limpets) and the Siphonariidae ("false limpets"), which use a siphon to pump water over their gills. Behaviour and ecolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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.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 The genus is known throughout the Cenozoic. Species Species in the genus ''Ancylus'' include: * '' Ancylus aduncus'' A. A. Gould, 1847"Species in genus ''Ancylus'' (n=6)" AnimalBase, accessed 7 July 2012. * † '' Ancylus alutae'' Jekelius, 1932 * '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryant Walker
Bryant Walker (1856–1936) was an American malacologist who specialized in the non-marine Mollusca. He mainly studied the freshwater mollusks of the USA, in particular those of Michigan. He published many papers on the Unionida, an order of freshwater mussels. Taxa Walker named numerous taxa of freshwater gastropods The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. The ... and bivalves, including: Gastropods *'' Neoplanorbis carinatus'' Walker, 1908 *†'' Neoplanorbis smithi'' Walker, 1908 Publications A partial list of his publications*Ortmann, A.E., and B. Walker 1912. A new North American naiad. Nautilus 25(9):97-100 + 1 plate. *Ortmann, A.E., and B. Walker 1922. A new genus and species of American naiades. Nautilus 36(1):1-6 + 1 plate. *Ortmann, A.E., and B. Walker. 1922. On the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancylus Fluviatilis
The river limpet (''Ancylus fluviatilis'') is a species of very small, freshwater, air-breathing limpet, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the tribe Ancylini within the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies. Description The 5–8 mm. limpet-like shell has a backwardly directed, conical apex. The shell shape is higher than ''Acroloxus'' and ''Ferrissia''.The apex is blunt when seen from above, but appears more pointed from the side. The shell is bent backwards and very weakly to the right side. It is thin and translucent, with reticulate sculpture and fine growth lines. In colour it is light yellowish to reddish brown or dull pale brown. The animal is grey with black dots near the head and almost entirely covered by the shell. The tentacles are triangular with eyes at their base. The genital pore and pneumostome are very small and located at the right side. Distribution The distribution type is (probably since de-limitation of various souther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. 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: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 * ''Gundlachia bakeri'' Pilsbry, 1913 * ''Gundlachia leucaspis'' (Ancey, 1901) * ''Gundlachia lucasi'' Sut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnupia
''Burnupia'' is a genus of small freshwater snails or limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks that are traditionally placed in the family Planorbidae. However, according to the molecular markers ( COI, 18S rRNA), the genus ''Burnupia'' differs from ancylids and from Planorboidea.Albrecht C., Wilke T., Kuhn K., Streit B. (2004). "Convergent evolution of shell shape in freshwater limpets: the African genus ''Burnupia''". ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'' 140(4): 577-586. . Distribution This genus is generally confined to Africa and Brazil.Brown D. S. (1994). ''Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance''. Taylor & Francis. . Species The number of species in the genus ''Burnupia'' is highly uncertain and there are 21 specific names recognized. Also in 2011 IUCN Red List there are recognized 21 species: 19 of them are Data Deficient, and '' Burnupia crassistriata'' and '' Burnupia stuhlmanni'' with Near Threatened A near-threatened species is a spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhodacmea
''Rhodacmea'' is a genus of small freshwater snails or limpets, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.Ó Foighil D., Li J., Lee T., Johnson P., Evans R. & Burch J. B. (2011). "Conservation Genetics of a Critically Endangered Limpet Genus and Rediscovery of an Extinct Species". '' PLoS ONE'' 6(5): e20496. . ''Rhodacmea'' is the type genus of the subfamily Rhodacmeinae. 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, which is necessary as, in their non-tidal habitat, these limpets never reach the surface for air. Species Species in the genus ''Rhodacmea'' include: * '' Rhodacmea elatior'' (Anthony, 1855) – Domed ancylid * '' Rhodacmea filosa'' (Conrad, 1834) – Wicker ancylid The wicker ancylid (''Rhodacmea filosa'') is a species of small, air-breathing, freshwater snail or limpet, a pulmonate gastropod in the family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Augustus Pilsbry
Henry Augustus Pilsbry (7 December 1862 – 26 October 1957) was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century. For much of his career, his authority with respect to the classification of certain substantial groups of organisms was unchallenged: barnacles, chitons, North American terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial mollusks, and others. Biography Pilsbry (frequently misspelled ''Pilsbury'') spent his childhood and youth in Iowa. He was called "Harry" Pilsbry then, and developed an early fascination with the limited variety of mollusks he was able to find. He attended the University of Iowa, and received the Bachelor of Science degree there in 1882, but did not immediately find employment in his field of interest. Instead, Henry Pilsbry worked for publishing firms and newspapers for the next several years, but devoted most of his spare time to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anisancylus
''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 A gill () is a respiratory organ that many aquatic organisms use to extract dissolved oxygen from water and to excrete carbon dioxide. The gills of some species, such as hermit crabs, have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they are ... when they are unable to reach the surface for air. Species Species within the genus ''Anisancylus'' include: * '' Anisancylus dutrae'' Santos, 1994 * '' Anisancylus obliquus'' Broderip & Sowerby, 1832 References Planorbidae {{Planorbidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malacologia
''Malacologia'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of malacology, the study of mollusks. The journal publishes articles in the fields of molluscan systematics, ecology, population ecology, genetics, molecular genetics, evolution, and phylogenetics. The journal specializes in publishing long papers and monographs. The journal publishes at least one, sometimes two, volumes of about 400 pages per year, which may consist of 1 or 2 issues. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports,'' its 2019 impact factor is 13.5. This ranks ''Malacologia'' 1st out of 145 listed journals in the category "Zoology". The journal started publication in 1962. See also *''Archiv für Molluskenkunde'' *''Basteria'' *''Journal of Conchology'' *''Journal of Molluscan Studies The ''Journal of Molluscan Studies'' is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Malacological Society of London, covering research in malacology. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
