Tantulum elegans

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Species of gastropod

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::summary Species of gastropod ::

Tantulum elegans is a species of freshwater slug, an aquatic shell-less gastropod mollusk within the clade Acochlidiacea.

This species has no shell. The maximum recorded length is 2 mm.

Tantulum elegans is the only species in the genus Tantulum, and that is in turn the only genus in the family Tantulidae.

Taxonomy

In 2005, Tantulidae was classified as the only family within the superfamily Hedylopsoidea in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi.

According to Schrödl & Neusser (2010) Tantulidae is in the clade Hedylopsacea.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent. It was collected at an altitude of 411.5 m.

Ecology

Tantulum elegans are sequential hermaphrodites.

References

References

  1. Schrödl M. & Neusser T. P. (2010). "Towards a phylogeny and evolution of Acochlidia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia)". ''[[Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society]]'' '''158''': 124-154. {{doi. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00544.x.
  2. Rankin J. J. (1979). "A freshwater shell-less mollusc from the Caribbean: structure, biotics, and contribution to a new understanding of the Acochlidioidea". ''Life Sciences Contributions, [[Royal Ontario Museum]]'' '''116''': 123 pp.
  3. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". ''[[PLoS ONE]]'' '''5'''(1): e8776. {{doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776
  4. 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.
  5. {{Bouchet 2005
  6. Neusser T. P. & Schrödl M. (2007). "''Tantulum elegans'' reloaded: a computer-based 3D-visualization of the anatomy of a Caribbean freshwater acochlidian gastropod". ''Invertebrate Biology'' '''126'''(1): 18-39. {{doi. 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2007.00073.x.

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