Gastropodidae is a family of
rotifers
The rotifers (, from the Latin , "wheel", and , "bearing"), commonly called wheel animals or wheel animalcules, make up a phylum (Rotifera ) of microscopic and near-microscopic pseudocoelomate animals.
They were first described by Rev. John H ...
belonging to the order
Ploima
Ploima is an order of rotifers, microscopic invertebrates found in marine and freshwater habitats.
Families
According to the World Register of Marine Species, Ploima includes the following fifteen families:
* Asplanchnidae
*Brachionidae
* Dicran ...
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[Segers, H. (Ed.) (2021). World Rotifera database (FADA). Gastropodidae Harring, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134920 on 2021-03-11]
Genera
* ''
Ascomorpha''
Perty, 1850
* ''
Gastropus''
Imhof, 1898
References
* O'Reilly, M. (2001). Rotifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 149–151
Ploima
Rotifer families
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