Gundlachia lucasi is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Planorbidae.
Shell description Shell obliquely conical, thin, semitransparent, horn-colour, covered by a blackish coating. Apex inclined to the right, situated at the posterior third of the length; convex anteriorly, slightly concave on the posterior slope; a few concentric lines of growth. Aperture oval; peritreme sharp, extremely fragile.
The shell length is up to 4 mm, the width up to 2.75 mm, and the height up to 1.5 mm.
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, in their non-tidal habitat, these limpets never reach the surface for air.
Distribution This freshwater limpet is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand.Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand,
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 reference.Suter H. (1913). Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Wellington.