Aplexa
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Moss bubble snail |
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The genus Aplexa is the eponymous genus of the subfamily Aplexinae (in the family of bladder snails (Physidae)), which is considered to be part of the subordination of water lung snails (Basommatophora).
features
The left-hand wound cases are slim and the thread is significantly higher than the opening. The opening is not inflated. The mantle had no mantle extensions like the genus Physa . The animal's foot and coat are black.
Taxonomy
The taxon is widely recognized. The number of species within the genus is still uncertain. Especially African species that have been described under this generic name have meanwhile been assigned to other genera. In Central Europe only the moss bladder snail ( Aplexa hypnorum ) occurs. Choice of types:
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Aplexa Fleming, 1820
- Aplexa elongata (Say 1821)
- Aplexa hypnorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Aplexa aurantia (Carpenter, 1857)
- Aplexa rivalis (Maton & Rackett, 1807)
- † Aplexa subhypnorum (Gottschick, 1920), Miocene
- Aplexa turrita (OV Müller, 1774)
literature
- Peter Glöer: The animal world of Germany. Mollusca I Freshwater gastropods of Northern and Central Europe Key to identification, way of life, distribution. 2nd Edition. ConchBooks, Hackenheim 2002, ISBN 3-925919-60-0 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ F. Gottschick: The land and fresh water mollusks of the tertiary basin of Steinheim am Aalbuch. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 52, 33–66, 108–117, 163–177, 1920.