Strubellia paradoxa

Strubellia paradoxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Acochlidiacea
clade Hedylopsacea[1]
Family: Acochlidiidae[1]
Genus: Strubellia
Odhner, 1937[2]
Species: S. paradoxa
Binomial name
Strubellia paradoxa
(Strubell, 1892)[3]
Synonyms

Acochlidium paradoxum Strubell

Strubellia paradoxa is a species of freshwater slug, a shell-less freshwater gastropod,[4] an aquatic gastropod mollusk within the clade Acochlidiacea.[1]

Strubellia paradoxa is the only species in the genus Strubellia.

Taxonomy

In 2005, Strubellia was classified in the family Strubelliidae Rankin, 1979[5] within the superfamily Strubellioidea in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi.[6]

According to Schrödl & Neusser (2010)[1] Strubellia is in the family Acochlidiidae.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Solomon Islands.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Schrödl M. & Neusser T. P. (2010). "Towards a phylogeny and evolution of Acochlidia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158: 124-154. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00544.x.
  2. Odhner (1937). Zool. Anz. 120: 237.
  3. Strubell A. (1892). [no title]. Verhandl. naturhist. Ver. preuss. Rheinlande, 49. Jahrg. Sitzung niederrhein. Ges. 13. Juni 1892: 62.
  4. Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149-166. hdl:10088/7390 doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9012-6.
  5. Rankin J. J. (1979). "A freshwater shell-less mollusc from the Caribbean: structure, biotics, and contribution to a new understanding of the Acochlidioidea". Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum 116: 123 pp.
  6. Bouchet P.; Rocroi J.-P.; Frýda J.; Hausdorf B.; Ponder W.; Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.

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