Acochlidiidae
| Acochlidiidae | |
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| A live individual of Acochlidium fijiiensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Acochlidiacea clade Hedylopsacea |
| Family: |
Acochlidiidae Küthe, 1935 |
| Diversity | |
| Altogether 3 genera and 6 species; 5 freshwater species, one in brackish waters. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Palliohedylidae Rankin, 1979 |
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Palliohedylidae Rankin, 1979
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.
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.
Schrödl & Neusser (2010)redefined the taxonomy of Acochlidiacea in 2010,placing the family Acochlidiidae in the clade Hedylopsacea.
According to the Schrödl & Neusser (2010) there are three genera in the family Acochlidiidae:
Acochlidium Strubel, 1892
Palliohedyle Rankin, 1979
Strubellia Odhner, 1937
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