• Source: 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.
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:

Acroloxus Beck, 1838 - type genus
Baicalancylus Starobogatov, 1967
Frolikhiancylus Sitnikova & Starobogatov, 1993
Gerstfeldtiancylus Starobogatov, 1989
Pseudancylastrum Lindholm, 1909
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.




External links


Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Pulmonata
• Acroloxidae
• Freshwater snail
• Pulmonata
• Acroloxus egirdirensis
• Acroloxus lacustris
• Panpulmonata
• Rocky Mountain capshell
• IUCN Red List critically endangered species (Animalia)
• IUCN Red List vulnerable species (Animalia)
• Basommatophora