Anisancylus 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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Tribe: | Ancylini |
| Genus: | Anisancylus Pilsbry & Vanatta 1924[1] |
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Anatomy
editThese 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
editSpecies within the genus Anisancylus include:[2][3]
- Anisancylus dutrae Santos, 1994
- Anisancylus obliquus Broderip & Sowerby, 1832
References
edit- ^ "Anisancylus Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1924". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ dos Santos; S. B. (2003). "Estado atual do conhecimento dos ancilídeos na América do Sul (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Basommatophora)" (PDF). Revista de Biología Tropical (in Portuguese). 51 (3). Redalyc: 191–223. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ 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). "Anisancylus". Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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