Acochlidiidae are a
taxonomic family of shell-less
freshwater gastropods (one of them ''
Palliohedyle weberi'' lives in
brackish water
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),
[Schrödl M. & Neusser T. P. (2010). "Towards a phylogeny and evolution of Acochlidia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia)". '']Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
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'' 158: 124-154. . aquatic
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s within the clade
Acochlidiacea
Acochlidiacea, common name acochlidians, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic clade of very unusual sea snails and sea and freshwater slugs, aquatic animal, aquatic gastropod mollusks within the large clade Heterobranchia. Acochlidia is a variant ...
.
2005 taxonomy
Acochlidiidae was classified as the only family within the superfamily Acochlidioidea Küthe, 1935 in the
taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005).
Palliohedylidae was in turn classified as the only family within the superfamily Palliohedyloidea.
2010 taxonomy
Schrödl & Neusser (2010)
, placing the family Acochlidiidae in the clade
Hedylopsacea
Acochlidiacea, common name acochlidians, are a taxonomic clade of very unusual sea snails and sea and freshwater slugs, aquatic gastropod mollusks within the large clade Heterobranchia. Acochlidia is a variant spelling.
Description
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Genera
According to Schrödl & Neusser (2010),
there are three genera in the family Acochlidiidae:
''
Acochlidium'' Strubell, 1892
* ''
Acochlidium amboinense'' Strubell, 1892
[Rudman W. B. (17 June 2006). "Comment on Are there freshwater sea slugs? by Dave". ''Sea Slug Forum''. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16865 accessed 23 May 2010.]
* ''
Acochlidium bayerfehlmanni'' Wawra, 1980
* ''
Acochlidium fijiiensis'' Haynes & Kenchington, 1991
''
Palliohedyle'' Rankin, 1979
* ''
Palliohedyle sutteri'' - synonym: ''
Acochlidium sutteri'' Wawra
[Wawra E. (1979). "''Acochlidium sutteri'' nov. spec. (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Acochlidiacea) von Sumba, Indonesien". ''Ann. Naturhistor. Mus. Wien'' 82: 595-604]
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* '' Palliohedyle weberi'' - synonym: '' Acochlidium weberi'' Bergh, 1896
References
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