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.
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The generic name is in honor of Cuban naturalist Juan Gundlach (1810-1896).
Anatomy edit
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 edit
They have a worldwide distribution.[3]
Species edit
Species within the genus Gundlachia include:[4][5][6]
- 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)[6]
- Gundlachia concentrica (d’Orbigny, 1835) is a synonym for Uncancylus concentricus (d'Orbigny, 1835)[6]
References edit
- ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ^ Pfeiffer L. K. G. [1850]. Zeitschr. Malakozool. 1849: 97.
- ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1.
- ^ "Gundlachia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c Ovando, X. M. C.; de Lacerda, L. E. M. & dos Santos, S. B. (2011). "Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Ancylidae, Gundlachia radiata (Guilding, 1828): First record of occurrence for the northwestern region of Argentina" (PDF). CheckList. 7 (3): 263–266. Retrieved 24 June 2014.