Acroloxidae

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Acroloxidae
File:Acroloxus lacustris.jpg
Two views of a shell of Acroloxus lacustris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
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Superfamily:
Acroloxoidea

Thiele, 1931
Family:
Acroloxidae

Thiele, 1931
Diversity[1]
about 40 freshwater species

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Acroloxidae, commonly known as river limpets, are a taxonomic family of very small, freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod limpet-like mollusks with a simple flattened conical shell in the clade Hygrophila.

Acroloxidae is the only family within the superfamily Acroloxoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Distribution

Worldwide.[2]

Anatomy

Pulmones are reduced. Sexual cavity and accessory gills are on the right side.[2]

Genera

Genera within the family Acroloxidae include:

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[2]

  1. Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149-166. <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css" />hdl:10088/7390 doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9012-6.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Family summary for Acroloxidae". AnimalBase, last change 14-08-2006, accessed 3 August 2010
  3. Beck H. (1837). Index molluscorum præsentis ævi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici. pp. 1-100 [1837], 101-124 [1838]. Hafniae.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V.(published online on December 22, 2009). "CATALOGUE OF THE CONTINENTAL MOLLUSKS OF RUSSIA AND ADJACENT TERRITORIES". Version 2.3.
  5. Starobogatov (1989). In: Linevich (Ed.) Fauna Baikala. Chast' 4 - Chervi, mollyuski, chlenistonogie: sbornik nauchnykh trudov. Fauna of Lake Baikal. Part 4 - worms, molluscs and arthropods: collected scientific papers. Nauka, Novosibirsk: 58.
  6. Lindholm (1909). Wiss. Ergeb. Exped. Baikal 4: 26.

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