Acochlidiidae

{{Short description|Family of gastropods}}

{{Taxobox

| image = Acochlidium fijiiensis.png

| image_caption = A live individual of Acochlidium fijiiensis

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Mollusca

| classis = Gastropoda

| unranked_superfamilia = clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Acochlidiacea
clade Hedylopsacea

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| familia = Acochlidiidae

| familia_authority = Küthe, 1935{{in lang|de}} Küthe P. (7 June 1935) "Organisation und systematische Stellung der Acochlidium paradoxum Strubell". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abt. für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Thiere, 66(6): 514-540, 8 plates. Acochlidiidae is on the page 539.

| diversity_ref = 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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| diversity =

Altogether 3 genera and 6 species; 5 freshwater species, one in brackish waters.

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| synonyms = Palliohedylidae Rankin, 1979

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Acochlidiidae are a taxonomic family of shell-less freshwater gastropods (one of them Palliohedyle weberi lives in brackish water),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}}. aquatic gastropod mollusks within the clade Acochlidiacea.

2005 taxonomy

Acochlidiidae was classified as the only family within the superfamily Acochlidioidea Küthe, 1935 in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005).{{Bouchet 2005}} Palliohedylidae was in turn classified as the only family within the superfamily Palliohedyloidea.

2010 taxonomy

Schrödl & Neusser (2010) redefined the taxonomy of Acochlidiacea in 2010, placing the family Acochlidiidae in the clade Hedylopsacea.

Genera

According to Schrödl & Neusser (2010), there are three genera in the family Acochlidiidae:

Acochlidium Strubell, 1892Strubell (1892). Verh. naturh. Ver. Rheinlande 49: 62.

  • Acochlidium amboinense Strubell, 1892Rudman 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, 1991Haynes A. & Kenchington W. (1991). "Acochlidium fijiiensis sp. nov. (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Acochlidiacea) from Fiji". The Veliger 34(2): 166-171.Rudman W. B. (23 March 2010). "Acochlidium fijiiensis Haynes & Kenchington, 1991". Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/acocfiji accessed 23 May 2010.

Palliohedyle Rankin, 1979

Strubellia Odhner, 1937

References

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