Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
This species lives in permanent and temporary stagnant
water bodies
and uses dry areas for breeding. Adults
survive the dry season
buried
in soil. A number of trematodes
like Artyfechinostomum sufratyfese,
Echinostoma cercaria
, Cercaria andhraensis, C.
pigmentata, Diplodiscus
sp.
, and Xiphidocercaria sp. are reported from this species (Subba
Rao 1989).[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.7 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
- 5.8 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
- 15 Artificial/Aquatic and Marine
- 15.2 Artificial/Aquatic - Ponds (below 8ha)
- 15.7 Artificial/Aquatic - Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels )
- 15.8 Artificial/Aquatic - Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land
- 15.9 Artificial/Aquatic - Canals and Drainage Channels, Ditches
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
()
- Cox, 1960
- Order:
Architaenioglossa
()
- Haller, 1892
- Superfamily:
Ampullarioidea
()
- J.E. Gray, 1824
- Family:
Ampullariidae
()
- J.E. Gray, 1824
- Genus:
Pila
()
- Röding, 1798
- Specific name:
globosa
- (Swainson, 1821)
- Scientific name: - Pila globosa (Swainson, 1821)
- Specific name:
globosa
- (Swainson, 1821)
- Genus:
Pila
(
- Family:
Ampullariidae
(
- Superfamily:
Ampullarioidea
(
- Order:
Architaenioglossa
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
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Further Reading
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- Breviora. 1961 Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, [1952- url p. 10.
- Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url p. 567.
- General embryological information service. Utrecht, Hubrecht Laboratory. url p. 18.
- Journal and proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 18 1922 Calcutta, Asiatic Society of Bengal. url p. 587.
- Mollusca. (Freshwater Gastropoda & Pelectpoda) By H.B. Preston. London: Taylor and Francis; [etc., etc.], 1915. url p. 235, p. 236, p. 236, p. 238, p. 238, p. 241, p. 241, p. 242, p. 242, p. 97, p. 97.
- Mollusca. .. London, Taylor and Francis; [etc., etc.]1908-1921. url , , , , , .
- Protozoa in biological research / edited by Gary N. Calkins; and Francis M. Summers. New York: Columbia University Press, 1941. url p. 182, p. 263.
- Shells and sea life. Phoenix, AZ: Miranda Enterprises, url p. 63.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 120, p. 121, p. 24, p. 312, p. 313.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
- Budha, P.B., Madhyastha, A. and Dutta, J. 2010. Pila globosa. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 08, 2007:
- National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5506240
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16625849
- IUCN ID: 232832
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2167797
Footnotes
- Budha, P.B., Madhyastha, A. & Dutta, J. 2010. Pila globosa. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
