Template:Ancylidae
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Ancylidae
- Order
- Basommatophora
- Family
- Ancylidae
Members of the family Ancylidae belong in the class of Gastropoda. As Pulmonate snails, these members breathe using lung-like structures but can also use a gill-like structure called a pseudobranch to extract oxygen from water. Their shallow conical shells look like those of miniature limpets.
More information on the class of Gastropoda.
