Gundlachia
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Gundlachia is a genus
of minute freshwater snail
s or limpet
s, aquatic
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family
Planorbidae
, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
The generic name is in honor of Cuban naturalist Juan Gundlach
(1810-1896).
as, in their non-tidal habitat, these limpets never reach the surface for air.
Genera
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of minute freshwater snail
Freshwater snail
A freshwater snail is one kind of freshwater mollusc, the other kind being freshwater clams and mussels, i.e. freshwater bivalves. Specifically a freshwater snail is a gastropod that lives in a watery non-marine habitat. The majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions....
s or limpet
Limpet
Limpet is a common name for a number of different kinds of saltwater and freshwater snails ; it is applied to those snails that have a simple shell which is more or less conical in shape, and either is not spirally coiled, or appears not to be coiled in the adult snails.The name limpet is most...
s, aquatic
Aquatic animal
An aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in water for most or all of its life. It may breathe air or extract its oxygen from that dissolved in water through specialised organs called gills, or directly through its skin. Natural environments and the animals that...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Planorbidae
Planorbidae
Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks....
, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
The generic name is in honor of Cuban naturalist Juan Gundlach
Juan Gundlach
Juan Cristóbal Gundlach , born Johannes Christoph Gundlach was a Cuban naturalist and taxonomist.-Biography:...
(1810-1896).
Anatomy
These animals have a pallial lung, as do all pulmonate snails, but they also have a false gill or "pseudobranch". This serves as a gillGill
A gill is a respiratory organ found in many aquatic organisms that extracts dissolved oxygen from water, afterward excreting carbon dioxide. The gills of some species such as hermit crabs have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they are kept moist...
as, in their non-tidal habitat, these limpets never reach the surface for air.
Species
Species within the genus Gundlachia include:- Gundlachia concentrica (d’OrbignyAlcide d'OrbignyAlcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology , palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthropology....
, 1835) - Gundlachia lucasiGundlachia lucasiGundlachia lucasi is a species of minute freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Planorbidae.-Shell description:...
SuterHenry SuterHenry Suter was a New Zealand zoologist, naturalist, palaeontologist, and malacologist.- Biography :...
, 1905 - Gundlachia meehiana Stimpson
- Gundlachia moricandi (OrbignyAlcide d'OrbignyAlcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology , palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthropology....
, 1837) - Gundlachia neozelanicaGundlachia neozelanicaGundlachia neozelanica is a species of minute freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk, or micromollusk, in the family Planorbidae.-Shell description:...
SuterHenry SuterHenry Suter was a New Zealand zoologist, naturalist, palaeontologist, and malacologist.- Biography :...
, 1905 - Gundlachia radiataGundlachia radiataGundlachia radiata is a species of minute freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Planorbidae.- Distribution :This species occurs on the West Indian island of Dominica....
(Guilding, 1828) - Gundlachia ticaga (Marcus & Marcus, 1962)