Ancylini Explained

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:[1] [2] [3] [4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. , accessed 1 January 2008.
  2. 2000. Ancylidae. (on-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed December 31, 2008 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Ancylidae.html
  3. Web site: Ancylidae. UniProt. 5 May 2014.
  4. dos Santos, S. B. . 2003. Estado atual do conhecimento dos ancilídeos na América do Sul (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Basommatophora). Revista de Biología Tropical. 51. 3. 191–223. pt. 29 May 2014.
  5. Gutiérrez Gregoric, D. E. . 2014. Sineancylus, Nom. Nov.: A Replacement Name for Anancylus Gutiérrez Gregoric, 2012 (Gastropoda, Ancylidae). Malacologia. 57. 1. 243. 10.4002/040.057.0102. 11336/79720. free.
  6. Bouchet, P.. 2014 . Sineancylus Gutiérrez Gregoric, 2014. 767107 . 19 July 2014.