Ganula is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Hygromiidae.[2]
| Ganula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Hygromiidae |
| Genus: | Ganula Gittenberger, 1970 |
| Type species | |
| Helix lanuginosa [1] Boissy
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The species of this genus are found in Mediterranean.[2] The shells are usually small, yellowish, and opaque, with five or five-and-a-half whorls.[1] Specifically, the genus is defined by a genital duct with a very short proximal vagina, and certain other features, such as microstructures on the shell.[1]
Species
editGanula gadirana Muñoz, Almodóvar & Arrébola, 1999
editG. gadirana was described from far southern Spain. Some specimens were recorded "intensively parasitized by small nematodes".[3]
Ganula lanuginosa (Boissy, 1835)
editThe species has been recorded as a host of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a parasitic nematode.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Società italiana di malacologia.; malacologia, Società italiana di; italiana, Unione malacologica (1987), Bollettino malacologico, vol. v.23-24 (1987-1988), Milano: Unione malacologica italiana, retrieved 2023-09-30
- ^ a b "Ganula E.Gittenberger, 1970". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Ganula gadirana n. sp., a new Hygromiidae from southern Spain (Pulmonata: Helicoidea)". Malacologia. 41: 163––174. 1999.
- ^ Jaume-Ramis, Sebastià; Martínez-Ortí, Alberto; Delgado-Serra, Sofía; Bargues, María Dolores; Mas-Coma, Santiago; Foronda, Pilar; Paredes-Esquivel, Claudia (2023-12-01), "Potential intermediate hosts of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the European Mediterranean region (Mallorca, Spain)", One Health, 17: 100610, doi:10.1016/j.onehlt.2023.100610, PMC 10448469, PMID 37638211