''Ancylus'' is a
genus
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of very small, freshwater, air-breathing
limpets
Limpets are a group of aquatic snails with a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. This general category of conical shell is known as "patelliform" (dish-shaped). Existing within the class Gastropoda, limpets are a po ...
. They are
aquatic
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Aquatic(s) may also refer to:
* Aquatic animal, either vertebrate ...
pulmonate
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the tribe
Ancylini within the family
Planorbidae
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, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
[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]
The genus is known throughout the
Cenozoic
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.
Species
Species in the genus ''Ancylus'' include:
* ''
Ancylus aduncus''
A. A. Gould, 1847["Species in genus ''Ancylus'' (n=6)"](_blank)
AnimalBase, accessed 7 July 2012.
* † ''Ancylus alutae''
Jekelius, 1932
* ''Ancylus ashangiensis''
Brown, 1965
* ''Ancylus benoitianus''
Bourguignat, 1862
* † ''Ancylus bourgeoisi''
Deshayes, 1863
* † ''Ancylus boyeri''
Noulet, 1867
* † ''Ancylus braunii''
Dunker, 1853
* ''Ancylus capuloides''
Jan in Porro, 1838
* † ''Ancylus cestasensis''
Peyrot, 1932
* † ''Ancylus depressus''
Deshayes, 1824
* † ''Ancylus dumasi''
Fontannes, 1884
* † ''Ancylus elegans''
J. de C. Sowerby, 1826
* ''Ancylus expansilabris''
Clessin, 1881
* ''Ancylus fluviatilis''
Müller, 1774 - the type species
* † ''Ancylus hungaricus''
Brusina, 1902
* ''Ancylus lapicidus''
Hubendick, 1960
* † ''Ancylus lyelli''
Maillard, 1892
* † ''Ancylus moravicus''
Rzehak, 1893
* † ''Ancylus ninghaiensis''
Youluo, 1978
* † ''Ancylus parmophorus''
de Stefani, 1880
* ''Ancylus pileolus''
* ''Ancylus recurvus''
Martens, 1873
* ''Ancylus regularis''
Brown, 1973
* ''Ancylus rupicola''
Boubée, 1832
* † ''Ancylus saucatsensis''
Peyrot, 1932 (?)
* ''Ancylus scalariformis''
Stankovic & Radoman, 1953
* † ''Ancylus serbicus''
Brusina, 1893
* ''Ancylus striatus''
Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
* ''Ancylus subcircularis''
Clessin, 1880
* † ''Ancylus subcostatus''
Benoist, 1873
* ''Ancylus tapirulus''
Polinski, 1929
;Synonyms:
* † ''Ancylus croaticus''
Brusina, 1902: synonym of † ''Acroloxus croaticus''
(Brusina, 1902)
* † ''Ancylus decussatus''
Reuss in Reuss & Meyer, 1849: synonym of †''Acroloxus decussatus'' (
Reuss in Reuss & Meyer, 1849)
* † ''Ancylus deperditolacustris''
Gottschick, 1911: synonym of † ''Acroloxus deperditolacustris''
(Gottschick, 1911)
* † ''Ancylus deperditus''
(Desmarest, 1814): synonym of † ''Ferrissia deperdita''
(Desmarest, 1814)
* ''Ancylus drouetianus''
Bourguignat, 1862: synonym of ''Williamia gussoni''
(Costa O. G., 1829)
* ''Ancylus fuscus''
C. B. Adams, 1840: synonym of ''Laevapex fuscus''
(C. B. Adams, 1840)
* ''Ancylus gibbosus''
Bourguignat, 1862: synonym of ''Williamia gussoni''
(Costa O. G., 1829)
* ''Ancylus gussonii''
O. G. Costa, 1829: synonym of '' Williamia gussonii''
(O. G. Costa, 1829)
* † ''Ancylus illyricus''
Neumayr, 1880: synonym of †''Ferrissia illyrica''
(Neumayr, 1880)
* † ''Ancylus involutus''
Pavlović, 1903: synonym of † ''Acroloxus involutus''
(Pavlović, 1903)
* † ''Ancylus michaudi''
Locard, 1878: synonym of † ''Acroloxus michaudi''
(Locard, 1878)
* † ''Ancylus neumayri''
Fontannes, 1881: synonym of †''Ferrissia neumayri''
(Fontannes, 1881)
* ''Ancylus patelloides''
I. Lea, 1856: synonym of ''Lanx patelloides''
(I. Lea, 1856)
* † ''Ancylus pontileviensis''
Morgan, 1920: synonym of † ''Ferrissia pontileviensis'' (
Morgan, 1920)
* † ''Ancylus wittmanni''
Schlickum, 1964: synonym of † ''Ferrissia wittmanni''
(Schlickum, 1964)
Cladogram
A cladogram based on sequences of mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA and Main subunit of cytochrome c oxidase, cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes showing phylogenic relations of ''Ancylus'' by Albrecht et al. (2006):
[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. .]
References
Further reading
* 2000. ''Ancylidae'' (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Ancylidae.html
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Planorbidae