Ferrissia neozelanica

Ferrissia neozelanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily: Planorboidea
Family: Planorbidae
Subfamily: Bulininae
Tribe: Miratestini
Genus: Ferrissia
Species: F. neozelanica
Binomial name
Ferrissia neozelanica
(Suter, 1905)[2]
Synonyms
  • Ferrissia (Kincaidilla) neozelanica (Suter, 1905) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Gundlachia neozelanica Suter, 1905

Ferrissia neozelanica, also known as Gundlachia neozelanica, is a species of minute freshwater limpet, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk, or micromollusk, in the family Planorbidae.

As of 2014, this species was listed in the IUCN Red list twice: as Gundlachia neozelanica - data deficient[3] and as Ferrissia neozelanicus - least concern.[1]

Shell description

Shell depressed conoidal, oval-oblong, the sides straightened, subparallel, thin, semitransparent, horn-colour, with a blackish-green coating. Apex a little inclined to the right, situated at the posterior sixth of the length, flatly convex anteriorly; concentric lines of growth at regular intervals. Interior light brown, shining. Aperture is elongated oval, slightly broadened anteriorly. Specimens have been found with the septum partly formed, but not adult.[4]

The shell length is up to 3 mm, the width up to 2 mm, and height up to 0.75 mm.[5]

Anatomy

These animals have a pallial lung, as do all pulmonate snails, but they also have a false gill or "pseudobranch". This serves as a gill as these limpets may sometimes not be able to reach the surface for air.

Distribution

This freshwater limpet is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand.[5]

Habitat

These tiny limpets are found attached to stems and undersides of leaves of aquatic plants in quiet waters.

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference[4]

  1. 1 2 Collier K. (2013). Ferrissia neozelanicus. In: IUCN 2014. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 15 June 2014.
  2. Suter H. (1904). "The First-discovered New Zealand Gundlachia". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 37: 258.
  3. Clark, S. (2011). "Gundlachia neozelanica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  4. 1 2 Suter H. (1913). Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Wellington.
  5. 1 2 Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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