- Ferrissia
Taxobox
name = "Ferrissia"
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Gastropoda
ordo =Basommatophora
familia =Ancylidae
genus = "Ferrissia"
genus_authority = Walker, 1903"Ferrissia" is a genus of
gastropod in theAncylidae family.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.It contains the following species:
* "Ferrissia fragilis " (= "Ferrissia clessiniana", = "Ferrissia wautieri")
*Hood ancylid , "Ferrissia mcneili "
* "Ferrissia tanganyicensis "
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