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.[3]
Species
Species within the genus Gundlachia include:[4][5][6]
Synonyms:
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Gundlachia neozelanica Suter, 1905 is a synonym for Ferrissia neozelanicus (Suter, 1905)
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Gundlachia moricandi (d'Orbigny, 1837) is a synonym for Hebetancylus moricandi (d'Orbigny, 1837)[6]
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Gundlachia concentrica (d’Orbigny, 1835) is a synonym for Uncancylus concentricus (d'Orbigny, 1835)[6]
References
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^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
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^ Pfeiffer L. K. G. [1850]. Zeitschr. Malakozool. 1849: 97.
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^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1.
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^ "Gundlachia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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^ 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
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^ 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.
