Gundlachia (gastropod)
Genus of gastropods
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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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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Gundlachia Pfeiffer, 1849[1] |
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The generic name is in honor of Cuban naturalist Juan Gundlach (1810–1896).
Anatomy
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
They have a worldwide distribution.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Gundlachia include:[3][4][5]
- 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)[5]
- Gundlachia concentrica (d’Orbigny, 1835) is a synonym for Uncancylus concentricus (d'Orbigny, 1835)[5]