Ganula | |
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Scientific 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
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Ganula is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Hygromiidae. [2]
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]
G. gadirana was described from far southern Spain. Some specimens were recorded "intensively parasitized by small nematodes". [3]
The species has been recorded as a host of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a parasitic nematode. [4]