Ancylus
| Ancylus Temporal range: | |
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| Ancylus fluviatilis | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Subfamily: | Ancylinae |
| Tribe: | Ancylini |
| Genus: | Ancylus O. F. Müller, 1773 |
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Ancylus is a genus of very small, freshwater, air-breathing limpets. They are aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the tribe Ancylini within the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
The genus is known throughout the Cenozoic.