Ferrissia gentilis

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Ferrissia gentilis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Ferrissia
Species:
F. gentilis
Binomial name
Ferrissia gentilis
Lanzer, 1991

Ferrissia gentilis is a species of small freshwater snail or limpet, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.

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Distribution

This freshwater limpet is endemic to Brazil, where it is known from the coastal regions of Goiás, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina in the south of the country. [1]

Habitat and ecology

F. gentilis occurs in ponds and rivers, where it is found on substrates dominated by organic material and sludge. It commonly associates with the roots of the Water Hyacinth species Eichhornia azurea and E. crassipes . [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Pastorino, G. & Darrigan, G. (2011). "Ferrissia gentilis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN. 2011: e.T188933A8664308. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T188933A8664308.en . Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. Pfeifer, N.T.S.; Pitoni, V.L.L. (2003). "Seasonal qualitative analysis of limnical mollusc fauna in delta do Jacuí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil" (PDF). Biociências. Porto Alegre. 11 (2): 145–158. Retrieved 23 April 2014.