Acochlidiidae
Family of gastropods
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Acochlidiidae are a taxonomic family of shell-less freshwater gastropods (one of them Palliohedyle weberi lives in brackish water),[2] aquatic gastropod mollusks within the clade Acochlidiacea.
| Acochlidiidae | |
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| A live individual of Acochlidium fijiiensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Infraclass: | Euthyneura |
| Subterclass: | Tectipleura |
| Superorder: | Acochlidiimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Acochlidioidea |
| Family: | Acochlidiidae Küthe, 1935[1] |
| Diversity[2][3] | |
| Altogether 3 genera and 6 species; 5 freshwater species, one in brackish waters | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Palliohedylidae Rankin, 1979 | |
2005 taxonomy
Acochlidiidae was classified as the only family within the superfamily Acochlidioidea Küthe, 1935 in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005).[4] Palliohedylidae was in turn classified as the only family within the superfamily Palliohedyloidea.[4]
2010 taxonomy
Schrödl & Neusser (2010)[2] redefined the taxonomy of Acochlidiacea in 2010, placing the family Acochlidiidae in the clade Hedylopsacea.[2]
Genera
According to Schrödl & Neusser (2010),[2] there are three genera in the family Acochlidiidae:[2]
Acochlidium Strubell, 1892[2][5]
- Acochlidium amboinense Strubell, 1892[2][6]
- Acochlidium bayerfehlmanni Wawra, 1980[2][6]
- Acochlidium fijiiensis Haynes & Kenchington, 1991[2][7][8]
Palliohedyle Rankin, 1979[2]
- Palliohedyle sutteri - synonym: Acochlidium sutteri Wawra[2][9]
- Palliohedyle weberi - synonym: Acochlidium weberi Bergh, 1896[2][6]
Strubellia Odhner, 1937[2]
- Strubellia paradoxa (Strubell, 1892) - synonym: Acochlidium paradoxum Strubell[2]
- Strubellia wawrai Brenzinger, Neusser, Jörger & Schrödl, 2011
