Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Acochlidiidae Rank Family | Class Gastropoda Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Acochlidiacea, Pseudunela cornuta, Cylindrobulla, Pontohedyle, Amphiboloidea | ||
Acochlidiidae are a taxonomic family of shell-less freshwater gastropods (one of them Palliohedyle weberi lives in brackish water), aquatic gastropod mollusks within the clade Acochlidiacea.
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2005 taxonomy
Acochlidiidae was classified as the only family within the superfamily Acochlidioidea Küthe, 1935 in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (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 the Schrödl & Neusser (2010) there are three genera in the family Acochlidiidae:
Acochlidium Strubel, 1892
Palliohedyle Rankin, 1979
Strubellia Odhner, 1937
References
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