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 <small>Beck, 1838</small> - type genus
• Baicalancylus <small>Starobogatov, 1967</small>
• Frolikhiancylus <small>Sitnikova & Starobogatov, 1993</small>
• Gerstfeldtiancylus <small>Starobogatov, 1989</small>
• Pseudancylastrum <small>Lindholm, 1909</small>

Synonyms:

• Costovelletia <small>Starobogatov, 1991</small>: synonym of Acroloxus <small>H. Beck, 1838</small> (a junior synonym)
• Dinarancylus <small>Starobogatov, 1991</small>: synonym of Acroloxus <small>H. Beck, 1838</small> (a junior synonym)
• Velletia <small>J. E. Gray, 1840</small>: synonym of Acroloxus <small>H. Beck, 1838</small> (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.