Acroloxus

Genus of gastropods

Acroloxus
Two views of a shell of Acroloxus lacustris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Acroloxidae
Genus: Acroloxus
Beck, 1838[1]

Acroloxus is a genus of very small, air-breathing, freshwater snails, or more precisely limpets, aquatic pulmonate gastropods in the family Acroloxidae.

Species

Species in the genus Acroloxus include:

  • Acroloxus coloradensis J. Henderson, 1930 - Rocky Mountain capshell
  • Acroloxus egirdirensis Shirokaya, 2012
  • Acroloxus improvisus Polinski, 1929
  • Acroloxus lacustris (Linnaeus, 1758) - Lake limpet
  • Acroloxus macedonicus Hadžišce, 1959
  • Acroloxus pseudolacustris, Glöer & Pešić, 2012
  • Acroloxus tetensi (Kušcer, 1832)

References

  1. ^ Beck H. 1837. Index molluscorum præsentis ævi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici. pp. 1-100 [1837], 101-124 [1838]. Hafniae.
Taxon identifiers
Acroloxus
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