Acroloxidae

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Family of gastropods

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::summary Family of gastropods ::

| taxon = Acroloxidae | image = Acroloxus lacustris A MRKVICKA.JPG | image_caption = A left side view of a live Acroloxus lacustris | image2 = Acroloxus lacustris.jpg | image2_caption = Two views of a shell of Acroloxus lacustris | authority = Thiele, 1931 | diversity_ref = | diversity = About 40 freshwater species

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.

Anatomy

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

Genera

Genera within the family Acroloxidae include:

;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

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.

  • Thiele, J. (1929–1935). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1154 pp.

References

  1. Strong E. E., Gargominy O., [[Winston Ponder. 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.
  2. [http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/family?id=21 "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. 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". [http://www.ruthenica.com/documents/Continental_Russian_molluscs_ver2-3.pdf 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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