Acochlidium
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Acochlidium is a genus
of freshwater
slug
s, an aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Acochlidiidae
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Acochlidium species have no shell.
synonyms:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of freshwater
Freshwater
Fresh water is naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and...
slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...
s, an aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Acochlidiidae
Acochlidiidae
Acochlidiidae are a taxonomic family of shell-less freshwater gastropods , aquatic gastropod mollusks within the clade Acochlidiacea.- 2005 taxonomy :...
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Acochlidium species have no shell.
Species
Species within the genus Acochlidium include:- Acochlidium amboinense Strubell, 1892
- Acochlidium bayerfehlmanni Wawra, 1980
- Acochlidium fijiiensisAcochlidium fijiiensisAcochlidium fijiiensis is a species of freshwater gastropod, an aquatic gastropod mollusk within the family Acochlidiidae.Acochlidium fijiiensis has no shell.It lives in two rivers on Fiji.- Further reading :...
Haynes & Kenchington, 1991
synonyms:
- Acochlidium paradoxum Strubell is a synonym for Strubellia paradoxa (Strubell, 1892)
- Acochlidium sutteri Wawra is a synonym for Palliohedyle sutteri
- Acochlidium weberi Bergh, 1896 is a synonym for Palliohedyle weberi