Acroloxidae

Acroloxidae

Acroloxidae

Family of gastropods

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.

Quick Facts Scientific classification, Diversity ...

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]
  • Baicalancylus Starobogatov, 1967[4]
  • Frolikhiancylus Sitnikova & Starobogatov, 1993
  • Gerstfeldtiancylus Starobogatov, 1989[4][5]
  • Pseudancylastrum Lindholm, 1909[4][6]
Synonyms
  • Costovelletia Starobogatov, 1991: synonym of Acroloxus H. Beck, 1838 (a junior synonym)
  • Dinarancylus Starobogatov, 1991: synonym of Acroloxus H. Beck, 1838 (a junior synonym)
  • Velletia J. E. Gray, 1840: synonym of Acroloxus H. Beck, 1838 (junior objective synonym)

References

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    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.
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    "Family summary for Acroloxidae". AnimalBase, last change 14-08-2006, accessed 3 August 2010
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    Beck H. (1837). Index molluscorum præsentis ævi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici. pp. 1-100 [1837], 101-124 [1838]. Hafniae.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Lindholm (1909). Wiss. Ergeb. Exped. Baikal 4: 26.
  • Thiele, J. (1929-1935). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1154 pp.
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