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Ancylus

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Ancylus
Temporal range: Cenozoic
Ancylus fluviatilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Subfamily: Ancylinae
Tribe: Ancylini
Genus: Ancylus
O. F. Müller, 1773[1]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Ancilus O.F. Müller, 1773 (a misspelling of the generic name Ancylus)
  • Pseudancylus Walker, 1921 (junior objective synonym of Ancylus)
  • Velletia (Ancylus) O. F. Müller, 1773 (new combination)

Ancylus is a genus of very small, freshwater, air-breathing limpets. They are aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the tribe Ancylini within the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.[2]

The genus is known throughout the Cenozoic.[3]

Species

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Species in the genus Ancylus include:

Synonyms

Cladogram

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A cladogram based on sequences of mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA and cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes showing phylogenic relations of Ancylus by Albrecht et al. (2006):[6]

Ancylus

Ancylus sp. C

Ancylus sp. A

Ancylus fluviatilis

References

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  1. ^ Müller O. F. (1773). Vermivm terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Volumen alterum. - pp. I-XXVI [= 1-36], 1-214, [1-10]. Havniae & Lipsiae. (Heineck & Faber). (1774)
  2. ^ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Ancylus O. F. Müller, 1773. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559196 on 2014-11-15
  3. ^ (in Czech) Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn V. & Mikuláš R. (1996): Základy zoopaleontologie. Olomouc, 264 pp., ISBN 80-7067-599-3.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Species in genus Ancylus (n=6)". AnimalBase, accessed 7 July 2012.
  5. ^ Van Damme, D. (2010). "Ancylus ashangiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T1262A3366218. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T1262A3366218.en. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Albrecht C., Trajanovski S., Kuhn K., Streit B. & Wilke T. (2006). "Rapid evolution of an ancient lake species flock: Freshwater limpets (Gastropoda: Ancylidae) in the Balkan Lake Ohrid". Organisms Diversity & Evolution 6(4): 294-307. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2005.12.003.
  7. ^ Van Damme, D. (2010). "Ancylus regularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T1263A3367167. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T1263A3367167.en. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

Further reading

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