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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.

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Instance of
monotypic taxon
Parent taxon
Lymnaeoidea
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Acroloxus lacustris.jpg
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Commons category
Acroloxidae
taxon name
Acroloxidae
taxon rank
family
topic's main category
Category:Acroloxidae
taxon common name
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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