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family of shell-less freshwater gastropods (one of them ''

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s within the clade Acochlidiacea.

2005 taxonomy

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.

2010 taxonomy

Schrödl & Neusser (2010) redefined the taxonomy of Acochlidiacea in 2010, placing the family Acochlidiidae in the clade Hedylopsacea.

Genera

According to Schrödl & Neusser (2010), there are three genera in the family Acochlidiidae: ''

Acochlidium ''Acochlidium'' is a genus of freshwater slugs, an aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Acochlidiidae. ''Acochlidium'' species have no shell. Species Species within the genus ''Acochlidium'' include: * ''Acochlidium amboinense'' Strubell, ...

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Acochlidium amboinense ''Acochlidium amboinense'' is a species of freshwater gastropod, an aquatic gastropod mollusc within the family Acochlidiidae. References Acochlidiidae Gastropods described in 1892 {{Heterobranchia-stub ...

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Acochlidium bayerfehlmanni ''Acochlidium bayerfehlmanni'' is a species of freshwater gastropod, an aquatic gastropod mollusc within the family Acochlidiidae. The specific name ''bayerfehlmanni'' is in honour of Frederick Merkle Bayer and of Herman Adair Fehlmann, who mad ...

'' Wawra, 1980 * '' Acochlidium fijiiensis'' Haynes & Kenchington, 1991 ''

Palliohedyle ''Palliohedyle'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Acochlidiidae. Species: *''Palliohedyle sutteri'' *''Palliohedyle weberi ''Palliohedyle'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Acochlidiidae. Species: *''Pallio ...

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Acochlidium sutteri ''Acochlidium'' is a genus of freshwater slugs, an aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Acochlidiidae. ''Acochlidium'' species have no shell. Species Species within the genus ''Acochlidium'' include: * ''Acochlidium amboinense'' Strubell, ...

'' WawraWawra E. (1979). "''Acochlidium sutteri'' nov. spec. (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Acochlidiacea) von Sumba, Indonesien". ''Ann. Naturhistor. Mus. Wien'' 82: 595-604
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Acochlidium weberi ''Acochlidium'' is a genus of freshwater slugs, an aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Acochlidiidae. ''Acochlidium'' species have no shell. Species Species within the genus ''Acochlidium'' include: * ''Acochlidium amboinense'' Strubell, ...

'' Bergh, 1896 '' Strubellia'' Odhner, 1937 * ''

Strubellia paradoxa ''Strubellia paradoxa'' is a species of freshwater slug, a shell-less freshwater gastropod,Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". ''Hydrobiologia'' 595 ...

'' (Strubell, 1892) - synonym: ''Acochlidium paradoxum'' Strubell * '' Strubellia wawrai'' Brenzinger, Neusser, Jörger & Schrödl, 2011

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