Gundlachia (gastropod)

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| authority = Pfeiffer, 1849Pfeiffer L. K. G. [1850]. Zeitschr. Malakozool. 1849: 97.

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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.

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.Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}.

Species

Species within the genus Gundlachia include:{{ITIS|taxon=Gundlachia|id=76582}}Silvana C Thiengo, Aline C Mattos, M Fernanda Boaventura, Márcio S Loureiro, Sonia B Santos, Monica A Fernandez. (August) 2004. [http://www.bioline.org.br/request?oc04095 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{{cite journal| author=Ovando, X. M. C.| author2=de Lacerda, L. E. M.| author3=dos Santos, S. B.| name-list-style=amp|date=2011| title=Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Ancylidae, Gundlachia radiata (Guilding, 1828): First record of occurrence for the northwestern region of Argentina| journal=CheckList| volume=7| issue=3| pages=263–266| url=http://www.checklist.org.br/getpdf?NGD069-10| format=PDF| access-date=24 June 2014}}

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)
  • Gundlachia concentrica (d’Orbigny, 1835) is a synonym for Uncancylus concentricus (d'Orbigny, 1835)

References

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Category:Planorbidae

Category:Gastropod genera

Category:Taxa named by Juan Gundlach