Acroloxidae
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.
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A left side view of a live Acroloxus lacustris | |
Two views of a shell of Acroloxus lacustris | |
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Superfamily: | Acroloxoidea Thiele, 1931 |
Family: | Acroloxidae Thiele, 1931 |
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about 40 freshwater species |
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:
- Acroloxus Beck, 1838[3] - type genus[4]
- Ancylastrum Bourguignat, 1853
- Baicalancylus Starobogatov, 1967[4]
- Gerstfeldtiancylus Starobogatov, 1989[4][5]
- Pseudancylastrum Lindholm, 1909[4][6]
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References
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[2]
- Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149-166. hdl:10088/7390 doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9012-6.
- "Family summary for Acroloxidae". AnimalBase, last change 14-08-2006, accessed 3 August 2010
- Beck H. (1837). Index molluscorum præsentis ævi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici. pp. 1-100 [1837], 101-124 [1838]. Hafniae.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lindholm (1909). Wiss. Ergeb. Exped. Baikal 4: 26.
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