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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Panpulmonata
Superordo: Hygrophila
Superfamilia: Lymnaeoidea

Familia: Planorbidae
Subfamilia: Ancylinae
Tribus: Ancylini
Genera (5): Ancylus – Ferrissia – Pettancylus – Rhodacmea – Stimulator
Name

Ancylini Rafinesque, 1815

correction by Fischer, 1883, of 'Ancylidia'

Type genus: Ancylus Müller, 1774

References

Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Palerme: L'Imprimerie de Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp. BHL Reference page.
Fischer (1883). Man. Conchyl.: 504
Bouchet, P. & J.-P. Rocroi. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1–397.

Links

Ancylini – Taxon details on Fossilworks.
Ancylini – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Ancylini in the World Register of Marine Species

Ancylini is a tribe of small, freshwater, air-breathing limpets, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies. This tribe used to be treated as a family; the current taxonomic placement within Planorbidae is according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Anatomy

These 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 in situations where the limpet is unable to reach the surface for air, as is often the case.
Genera

Genera in the tribe Ancylini include:[2][3][4][5]

Ancylus Müller, 1773 - type genus
Pseudancylus
Rhodocephala
Ferrissia Walker, 1903
Rhodacmea Walker, 1917
Sineancylus Gutiérrez Gregoric, 2014[6][7]
Anisancylus Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1924
Burnupia Walker, 1912
Gundlachia Pfeiffer, 1849
Hebetancylus Pilsbry, 1914
Laevapex Walker, 1903
Stimulator
Uncancylus Pilsbry, 1913

References

Rafinesque C. S. (1815). Analyse de la Nature ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Palermo, 223 pp.
"Ancylidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System., accessed 1 January 2008.
2000. Ancylidae. (on-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed December 31, 2008 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Ancylidae.html
"Ancylidae". UniProt. Retrieved 5 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): 191–223. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
Gutiérrez Gregoric, D. E. (2014). "Sineancylus, Nom. Nov.: A Replacement Name for Anancylus Gutiérrez Gregoric, 2012 (Gastropoda, Ancylidae)". Malacologia. 57 (1): 243. doi:10.4002/040.057.0102.
Bouchet, P. (2014). "Sineancylus Gutiérrez Gregoric, 2014". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 July 2014.

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