Acroloxidae
Sign in to saveAcroloxidae, 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.
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- monotypic taxon
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- Lymnaeoidea
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- Acroloxus lacustris.jpg
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- Acroloxidae
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- Acroloxidae
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- Category:Acroloxidae
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- Teichnapfschnecken
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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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