Ancylus is a genus of very small, freshwater, air-breathing limpets. They are aquatic animal pulmonate gastropod in the tribe Ancylini within the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.[Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Ancylus O. F. Müller, 1773. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559196 on 2014-11-15]
The genus is known throughout the Cenozoic.[ Pek I., Vašíček Z., Roček Z., Hajn V. & Mikuláš R. (1996): Základy zoopaleontologie. Olomouc, 264 pp., .]
Species
Species in the genus
Ancylus include:
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Ancylus aduncus A. A. Gould, 1847
[ "Species in genus Ancylus (n=6)". AnimalBase, accessed 7 July 2012.]
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† Ancylus alutae Jekelius, 1932
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Ancylus ashangiensis Brown, 1965
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Ancylus benoitianus Bourguignat, 1862
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† Ancylus bourgeoisi Deshayes, 1863
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† Ancylus boyeri Noulet, 1867
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† Ancylus braunii Dunker, 1853
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Ancylus capuloides Jan in Porro, 1838
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† Ancylus cestasensis Peyrot, 1932
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† Ancylus depressus Deshayes, 1824
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† Ancylus dumasi Fontannes, 1884
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† Ancylus elegans J. de C. Sowerby, 1826
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Ancylus expansilabris Clessin, 1881
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Ancylus fluviatilis Müller, 1774
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† Ancylus hungaricus Brusina, 1902
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Ancylus lapicidus Hubendick, 1960
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† Ancylus lyelli Maillard, 1892
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† Ancylus moravicus Rzehak, 1893
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† Ancylus ninghaiensis Youluo, 1978
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† Ancylus parmophorus de Stefani, 1880
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Ancylus pileolus
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Ancylus recurvus Martens, 1873
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Ancylus regularis Brown, 1973
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Ancylus rupicola Boubée, 1832
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† Ancylus saucatsensis Peyrot, 1932 (?)
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Ancylus scalariformis Stankovic & Radoman, 1953
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† Ancylus serbicus Brusina, 1893
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Ancylus striatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
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Ancylus subcircularis Clessin, 1880
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† Ancylus subcostatus Benoist, 1873
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Ancylus tapirulus Polinski, 1929
- Synonyms
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† Ancylus croaticus Brusina, 1902: synonym of † Acroloxus croaticus (Brusina, 1902)
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† Ancylus decussatus Reuss in Reuss & Meyer, 1849: synonym of † Acroloxus decussatus (Reuss in Reuss & Meyer, 1849)
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† Ancylus deperditolacustris Gottschick, 1911: synonym of † Acroloxus deperditolacustris (Gottschick, 1911)
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† Ancylus deperditus (Desmarest, 1814): synonym of † Ferrissia deperdita (Desmarest, 1814)
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Ancylus drouetianus Bourguignat, 1862: synonym of Williamia gussoni (Costa O. G., 1829)
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Ancylus fuscus C. B. Adams, 1840: synonym of Laevapex fuscus (C. B. Adams, 1840)
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Ancylus gibbosus Bourguignat, 1862: synonym of Williamia gussoni (Costa O. G., 1829)
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Ancylus gussonii O. G. Costa, 1829: synonym of Williamia gussonii (O. G. Costa, 1829)
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† Ancylus illyricus Neumayr, 1880: synonym of † Ferrissia illyrica (Neumayr, 1880)
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† Ancylus involutus Pavlović, 1903: synonym of † Acroloxus involutus (Pavlović, 1903)
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† Ancylus michaudi Locard, 1878: synonym of † Acroloxus michaudi (Locard, 1878)
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† Ancylus neumayri Fontannes, 1881: synonym of † Ferrissia neumayri (Fontannes, 1881)
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Ancylus patelloides I. Lea, 1856: synonym of Lanx patelloides (I. Lea, 1856)
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† Ancylus pontileviensis Morgan, 1920: synonym of † Ferrissia pontileviensis (Morgan, 1920)
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† Ancylus wittmanni Schlickum, 1964: synonym of † Ferrissia wittmanni (Schlickum, 1964)
Cladogram
A cladogram based on sequences of mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA and cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes showing phylogenic relations of
Ancylus by Albrecht et al. (2006):
[Albrecht C., Trajanovski S., Kuhn K., Streit B. & Wilke T. (2006). "Rapid evolution of an ancient lake species flock: Freshwater limpets (Gastropoda: Ancylidae) in the Balkan Lake Ohrid". Organisms Diversity & Evolution 6(4): 294-307. .]
Further reading
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2000. Ancylidae (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Ancylidae.html
