Glyptophysa
| Glyptophysa | |
|---|---|
| Glyptophysa novaehollandica | |
| Glyptophysa novaehollandica | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Subfamily: | Miratestinae |
| Genus: | Glyptophysa Crosse, 1872[1] |
| Type species | |
| Physa petiti Crosse, 1872 | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.[2]
Description
[edit | edit source]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."[3]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Moluccas, Philippines, Sumatra, islands of South Pacific east to Tahiti, and Malaysia (introduced).[3]
Habitat and ecology
[edit | edit source]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."[3] Glyptophysa snails are grazers-scrapers.[citation needed]
Species
[edit | edit source]Species in this genus include:[4]
- Glyptophysa aliciae Reeve, 1862[5][6]
- Glyptophysa badia (Adams and Angas, 1864) (now treated as a synonym of G. novaehollandica)[7]
- Glyptophysa georgiana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) – King George's Freshwater Snail[8][9]
- Glyptophysa gibbosa (Gould, 1846)[9] (now treated as a synonym of G. novaehollandica)[7]
- Glyptophysa jukesii (H.Adams, 1861)[10][11]
- Glyptophysa novaehollandica (Bowdich, 1822)[12][7]
- Glyptophysa oconnori Cumber, 1941[9]
- Glyptophysa petiti (Crosse 1872) – type species[13]
- Glyptophysa proteus (Sowerby, 1873) – tentatively placed here[citation needed]
- Glyptophysa vandiemenensis (Sowerby, 1873)[14][15]
- Glyptophysa variabilis (Gray, 1843)[16]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ 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
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- ^ Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa) aliciae
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- ^ Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa) georgiana
- ^ a b c IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ Glyptophysa (Oppletora) jukesii
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- ^ Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa) novaehollandica
- ^ Walker J. C. (1988). "Classification of Australian buliniform planorbids (Mollusca: Pulmonata)". Records of the Australian Museum 40: 61-89. PDF. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa) vandiemenensis
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External links
[edit | edit source]- 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
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