Anisus

Anisus
Shells of Anisus vorticulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily: Planorboidea
Family: Planorbidae
Subfamily: Planorbinae
Tribe: Planorbini[1]
Genus: Anisus
Studer, 1820[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Anisus (Spiralina) Martens, 1899 (junior homonym of Spiralina Chaster, 1898; junior synonym)
  • Paraspira Dall, 1905
  • Paraspira (Paraspira) Dall, 1905
  • Planorbis (Anisus) Studer, 1820 (combination not accepted)
  • Spiralina Martens, 1899 (junior homonym of Spiralina Chaster, 1898; junior synonym)

Anisus is a genus of small air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies. [3]

Species

The genus contains the following species:

Subgenus Anisus
Subgenus Anisus (Costorbis) Lindholm, 1926
Subgenus Disculifer C. Boettger 1944
Subgenus ?
Subspecies and species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Albrecht C., Kuhn K. & Streit B. (2007). "A molecular phylogeny of Planorboidea (Gastropoda, Pulmonata): insights from enhanced taxon sampling". Zoologica Scripta 36: 27-39. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00258.x.
  2. (German) Studer S. (1820). "Kurzes Verzeichniss der bis jetzt in unserm Vaterlande entdeckten Conchylien". Naturwissenschaftlicher Anzeiger der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 3(11): 83-90, 91-94. Bern.
  3. 1 2 Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Anisus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716342 on 2014-11-23
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Glöer, P. 2002 Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 326 pp., ISBN 3-925919-60-0, page 254-263.
  5. Oberholzer G. & Van Eeden J. A. (1967). "The freshwater molluscs of the Kruger National Park". Koedoe - African Protected Area Conservation and Science 10(1): 1-42. doi:10.4102/koedoe.v10i1.762, PDF. Fig. 21.

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