Tantulum
Genus of gastropods
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Tantulum elegans is a species of freshwater slug, an aquatic shell-less gastropod mollusc within the superfamily Acochlidioidea. It is the only species in the genus Tantulum.[2]
| Tantulum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Tantulidae |
| Genus: | Tantulum Rankin, 1979 |
| Species: | T. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Tantulum elegans Rankin, 1979[1] | |
This species has no shell.[1] The maximum recorded length is 2 mm.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent. It was collected at an altitude of 411.5 m.[3]
Ecology
Tantulum elegans are sequential hermaphrodites.[4]