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Anisus

Genus of gastropods

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Anisus is a genus of small air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Planorbinae of the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.

01Species

The genus contains the following species:

Extant
Extinct
Uncertain (Taxon Inqurendum)
Subspecies and species brought into synonymy (Selection)
  • Subgenus Anisus (Gyraulus) Agassiz in Charpentier, 1837: synonym of Gyraulus Charpentier, 1837
  • Anisus (Gyraulus) terekholicus Prozorova & Starobogato, 1997: synonym of Gyraulus terekholicus (Prozorova & Starobogatov, 1997)
  • Subgenus † Anisus (Odontogyrorbis) Lörenthey, 1906: synonym of Anisus (Anisus) Studer, 1820
  • Subgenus Anisus (Spiralina) Martens, 1899: synonym of Anisus Studer, 1820
  • Anisus angustigyratus (Sauerzopf, 1953): synonym of † Anisus (Anisus) krambergeri (Halaváts, 1903)
  • Anisus dupuyanus (Noulet, 1854): synonym of † Anisus dupuyianus (Noulet, 1854)
  • Anisus septemgyratus auct. (not Rossmässler): synonym of Anisus calculiformis (Sandberger, 1874)
  • Anisus tokyoensis Mori, 1938: synonym of Gyraulus tokyoensis (Mori, 1938)
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