Glyptophysa
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Genus: | Glyptophysa |
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Physa petiti Crosse, 1872 | |
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Glyptophysa is a genus of medium-sized sinistral (left-handed) air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family of Planorbidae.[4]
Description[]
Shells are medium sized, smooth and globose to elongate. Shells of Glyptophysa are always sinistral. "Members of the genus possess a twist or fold on the columella, a feature lacking in Isidorella and Physella. Whorls round or carinate."[5]
Distribution[]
Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Moluccas, Philippines, Sumatra, islands of South Pacific east to Tahiti, and Malaysia (introduced).[5]
Habitat and ecology[]
Often found on water weeds, submerged wood, rocks, gravel and sand in ponds, billabongs, swamps, and sluggish streams and rivers(both still and flowing). Occasionally on mud. "Feeds on algae and detritus."[5] Glyptophysa snails are grazers-scrapers.[citation needed]
Species[]
Species in this genus include:
- Reeve, 1862[6][7]
- (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) - King George’s Freshwater Snail[8][9]
- (H.Adams, 1861)[10][11]
- (Cooke, 1889) - tentatively placed here[citation needed]
- (Bowdich, 1822)[12][13]
- Cumber, 1941[9]
- Glyptophysa petiti (Crosse 1872) - type species[1]
- (Sowerby, 1873) - tentatively placed here[citation needed]
- (Sowerby, 1873)[14][15]
- (Gray, 1843)[16]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Walker J. C. (1988). "Classification of Australian buliniform planorbids (Mollusca: Pulmonata)". Records of the Australian Museum 40: 61-89. PDF. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.40.1988.151
- ^ 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.
- ^ Crosse J. C. H. (1872). J. Conchyliol. 20: 151.
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Marshall, B. (2017). Glyptophysa Crosse, 1872. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818281 on 2018-01-20
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Glyptophysa - fact sheet". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa) aliciae
- ^ "Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa) aliciae - fact sheet". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa) georgiana
- ^ Jump up to: a b c IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 3 July 2012.
- ^ Glyptophysa (Oppletora) jukesii
- ^ "Glyptophysa (Oppletora) jukesii - fact sheet". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa) novaehollandica
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa) novaehollandica - fact sheet". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa) vandiemenensis
- ^ "Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa) vandiemenensis - fact sheet". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Glyptophysa variabilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
External links[]
- http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/freshwater_molluscs/Freshwater_Oct18/Media/Html/glyptophysa.htm
- Crosse H. (1872). Description d'un genre nouveau, et d'espèces inédites, provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 20: 148-154
- Planorbidae
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