Glacidorbis is a genus of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Glacidorbidae.
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This genus has proved to be somewhat enigmatic in terms of where it belongs within the taxonomy of the gastropods. It was previously thought to belong in the family Hydrobiidae or even in the Basommatophora.[2]
Species
editSpecies within the genus Glacidorbis include:
- Glacidorbis atrophus Ponder & Avern, 2000[3]
- Glacidorbis bicarinatus Ponder & Avern, 2000[3]
- Glacidorbis catomus Ponder & Avern, 2000[3]
- Glacidorbis circulus Ponder & Avern, 2000[3]
- Glacidorbis costatus Ponder & Avern, 2000[3]
- Glacidorbis decoratus Ponder & Avern, 2000[3]
- Glacidorbis hedleyi Iredale, 1943 — the type species[3]
- Glacidorbis isolatus Ponder & Avern, 2000[3]
- Glacidorbis occidentalis Bunn & Stoddart, 1983[4]
- Glacidorbis otwayensis Ponder & Avern, 2000[3]
- Glacidorbis rusticus Ponder & Avern, 2000[3]
- Glacidorbis tasmanicus Ponder & Avern, 2000[3]
- Glacidorbis troglodytes Ponder & Avern, 2000[3]
Transferred to other taxa:
- Glacidorbis pawpela Smith, 1979[5] is a synonym for Benthodorbis pawpela[3]
- Glacidorbis pedderi (Smith, 1973)[6] is a synonym for Striadorbis pedderi[3]
- Glacidorbis magallanicus Meier-Brook et Smith, 1976 is a synonym for Gondwanorbis magallanicus (Meier-Brook et Smith, 1976)[3]
References
edit- ^ Iredale T. (1943). Aust. Zool. 10: 214.
- ^ Ponder W. F. (1986). "Glacidorbidae (Glacidorbacea: Basommatophora), a new family and superfamily of operculate freshwater gastropods". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 87(1): 53-83. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1986.tb01330.x.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Ponder W. F. & Avern G. J. (2000). "The Glacidorbidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) of Australia". Records of the Australian Museum 52(3): 307–353. PDF, abstract
- ^ Ponder, W.F.; Slack-Smith, S. (1996). "Glacidorbis occidentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T9201A12970029. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9201A12970029.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Clark, S. (2011). "Benthodorbis pawpela". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T9199A12969817. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T9199A12969817.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Ponder, W.F.; Slack-Smith, S. (1996). "Glacidorbis pedderi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T9200A12969982. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9200A12969982.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.