| Acroloxidae | |
|---|---|
| Two views of a shell of Acroloxus lacustris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Hygrophila |
| Superfamily: | Acroloxoidea Thiele, 1931 |
| Family: | Acroloxidae Thiele, 1931 |
| Diversity | |
| about 40 freshwater species[1] | |
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).
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Worldwide.[2]
Pulmones are reduced. Sexual cavity and accessory gills are on the right side.[2]
Genera within the family Acroloxidae include:
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference [2].