Ganula

Ganula is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Hygromiidae.[2]

Ganula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Ganula
Gittenberger, 1970
Type species
Helix lanuginosa [1]
Boissy

The species of this genus are found in Mediterranean.[2] The shells are usually small, yellowish, and opaque, with five or five-and-a-half whorls.[1] Specifically, the genus is defined by a genital duct with a very short proximal vagina, and certain other features, such as microstructures on the shell.[1]

Species

Ganula gadirana Muñoz, Almodóvar & Arrébola, 1999

G. gadirana was described from far southern Spain. Some specimens were recorded "intensively parasitized by small nematodes".[3]

Ganula lanuginosa (Boissy, 1835)

The species has been recorded as a host of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a parasitic nematode.[4]

References
  1. Società italiana di malacologia.; malacologia, Società italiana di; italiana, Unione malacologica (1987), Bollettino malacologico, vol. v.23-24 (1987-1988), Milano: Unione malacologica italiana, retrieved 2023-09-30
  2. "Ganula E.Gittenberger, 1970". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  3. "Ganula gadirana n. sp., a new Hygromiidae from southern Spain (Pulmonata: Helicoidea)". Malacologia. 41: 163––174. 1999.
  4. Jaume-Ramis, Sebastià; Martínez-Ortí, Alberto; Delgado-Serra, Sofía; Bargues, María Dolores; Mas-Coma, Santiago; Foronda, Pilar; Paredes-Esquivel, Claudia (2023-12-01), "Potential intermediate hosts of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the European Mediterranean region (Mallorca, Spain)", One Health, vol. 17, p. 100610, doi:10.1016/j.onehlt.2023.100610, ISSN 2352-7714, retrieved 2023-09-30
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