Ancylini is a tribe of small, freshwater, air-breathing limpets, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies. This tribe used to be treated as a family; the current taxonomic placement within Planorbidae is according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Anatomy These animals have a pallial lung, as do all pulmonate snails, but they also have a false gill or "pseudobranch" which can serve perfectly well as a gill in situations where the limpet is unable to reach the surface for air, as is often the case.
Genera Genera in the tribe Ancylini include:, accessed 1 January 2008.2000. Ancylidae. (on-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed December 31, 2008 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Ancylidae.html
Ancylus Müller, 1773 - type genus Pseudancylus Rhodocephala
Ferrissia Walker, 1903
Rhodacmea Walker, 1917
Sineancylus Gutiérrez Gregoric, 2014 Anisancylus Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1924 Burnupia Walker, 1912 Gundlachia Pfeiffer, 1849 Hebetancylus Pilsbry, 1914 Laevapex Walker, 1903 Stimulator Uncancylus Pilsbry, 1913
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External links Three individuals of Laevapex fuscus hitchhiking on a water bug, which can fly between ponds