Hebetancylus

Hebetancylus 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.[1]

Hebetancylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Planorboidea
Family:
Planorbidae
Subfamily:
Planorbinae
Tribe:
Ancylini
Genus:
Hebetancylus

Pilsbry, 1914
Species

See text

Anatomy

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

Species within the genus Hebetancylus include:[2][3]

gollark: If not, it shall be left to die or be picked up by someone else.
gollark: If you want it, offer a dummy on my giftrade.
gollark: 2G Tsunami, 7G Thalassa, same thing.
gollark: Why am I getting so many slightly-rare prizekins from the AP right now? Weird.
gollark: Someone on the hub really overvalued their stripe and white.

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2014). "Hebetancylus Pilsbry, 1914". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  2. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A.; Didžiulis V., eds. (2014). "Hebetancylus". Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2014 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  3. dos Santos; S. B. (2003). "Estado atual do conhecimento dos ancilídeos na América do Sul (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Basommatophora)" [Current state of knowledge of ancylids in South America (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Basommatophora)] (PDF). Revista de Biología Tropical (in Portuguese). Redalyc. 51 (3): 191–223. Retrieved 22 June 2014.


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