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Gundlachia lucasi is a species of minute freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Planorbidae.
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| Gundlachia lucasi, Suter. 3×2 mm | |
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| Species: | G. lucasi
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| Gundlachia lucasi Suter, 1905
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Shell description edit
Shell obliquely conical, thin, semitransparent, horn-colour, covered by a blackish coating. Apex inclined to the right, situated at the posterior third of the length; convex anteriorly, slightly concave on the posterior slope; a few concentric lines of growth. Aperture oval; peritreme sharp, extremely fragile.[3]
The shell length is up to 4 mm, the width up to 2.75 mm, and height up to 1.5 mm.[4]
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
This freshwater limpet is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand.[4]
Habitat edit
These tiny limpets are found attached to stems and undersides of leaves of aquatic plants in quiet waters.
References edit
This article incorporates public domain text from reference.[3]
- ^ Clark, S. (2011). "Gundlachia lucasi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T189329A8716921. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189329A8716921.en.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Suter H. (1913). Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Wellington.
- ^ a b Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, ISBN 0-00-216906-1