Tantulum elegans | |
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Scientific classification | |
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Family: | Tantulidae Rankin, 1979
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Genus: | Tantulum Rankin, 1979
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Species: | T. elegans
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Tantulum elegans Rankin, 1979
[2]
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Tantulum elegans is a species of freshwater slug, an aquatic shell-less gastropod mollusk within the clade Acochlidiacea.
This species has no shell. [2] The maximum recorded length is 2 mm. [3]
Tantulum elegans is the only species in the genus Tantulum, and that is in turn the only genus in the family Tantulidae. [4]
In 2005, Tantulidae was classified as the only family within the superfamily Hedylopsoidea in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi. [5]
According to Schrödl & Neusser (2010) [1] Tantulidae is in the clade Hedylopsacea. [1]
This species occurs in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent. It was collected at an altitude of 411.5 m. [3]
Tantulum elegans are sequential hermaphrodites. [6]
Tantulum elegans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
(unranked): | |
Family: | Tantulidae Rankin, 1979
|
Genus: | Tantulum Rankin, 1979
|
Species: | T. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Tantulum elegans Rankin, 1979
[2]
|
Tantulum elegans is a species of freshwater slug, an aquatic shell-less gastropod mollusk within the clade Acochlidiacea.
This species has no shell. [2] The maximum recorded length is 2 mm. [3]
Tantulum elegans is the only species in the genus Tantulum, and that is in turn the only genus in the family Tantulidae. [4]
In 2005, Tantulidae was classified as the only family within the superfamily Hedylopsoidea in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi. [5]
According to Schrödl & Neusser (2010) [1] Tantulidae is in the clade Hedylopsacea. [1]
This species occurs in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent. It was collected at an altitude of 411.5 m. [3]
Tantulum elegans are sequential hermaphrodites. [6]