Isidorella
| Isidorella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Isidorella Tate, 1896[1] |
Isidorella is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.
Species of Isidorella may appear to be very similar species of Glyptophysa. However, Isidorella may differentiated by their lack of a stylet and an accessory structure. Isidorella also have a two-lobed penis, unlike Glyptophysa.[2]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]This genus is endemic to mainland Australia.[3]
Species
[edit | edit source]Species within this genus include:
- Isidorella bradshawi Iredale, 1943
- Isidorella egregia (Preston, 1906)
- Isidorella ferruginea (Adams and Angas, 1864)
- Isidorella hainesii (Tryon, 1866)
- Isidorella newcombi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) - type species[3]
Walker (1988) considered all examined specimens from Australia from this genus as Isidorella newcombi sensu lato.[3]
Ecology
[edit | edit source]Isidorella snails are grazers-scrapers and are capable of aestivation.[2] Isidorella may be found in ponds, billabongs, swamps, and sluggish streams and rivers.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Tate R. (1896). Mollusca. pp. 181-226. In: Spencer W. B. (ed.). Report on the Work of the Horn Expedition to Central Australia, Pt 2 Zoology, 212. London & Melbourne : Melville, Mullen & Slade. (also in volume 1: page 22 and 65.)
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- ^ a b c 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).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Distribution map: map
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