Acroloxidae

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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).

Distribution

Worldwide.

Anatomy

Pulmones are reduced. Sexual cavity and accessory gills are on the right side.

Genera

Genera within the family Acroloxidae include:

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