Anisancylus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Superorder: | Hygrophila |
Family: | Planorbidae |
Tribe: | Ancylini |
Genus: |
Anisancylus Pilsbry & Vanatta 1924 [1] |
Species | |
See text |
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.
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 when they are unable to reach the surface for air.
Species within the genus Anisancylus include: [2] [3]
Anisancylus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Superorder: | Hygrophila |
Family: | Planorbidae |
Tribe: | Ancylini |
Genus: |
Anisancylus Pilsbry & Vanatta 1924 [1] |
Species | |
See text |
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.
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 when they are unable to reach the surface for air.
Species within the genus Anisancylus include: [2] [3]