Acochlidium fijiiensis

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Acochlidium fijiiensis
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Acochlidium fijiiensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Acochlidiidae
Genus: Acochlidium
Species:
A. fijiiensis
Binomial name
Acochlidium fijiiensis
Haynes & Kenchington, 1991 [1]
Synonyms

Acochlidium fijiiense
Acochlidium fijiense [2]

Acochlidium fijiiensis is a species of freshwater gastropod, an aquatic gastropod mollusc within the family Acochlidiidae. Acochlidium fijiiensis has no shell.

Contents

This species lives in two rivers on Fiji. [3]

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References

  1. Haynes A. & Kenchington W. (1991). "Acochlidium fijiiensis sp. nov. (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Acochlidiacea) from Fiji". The Veliger34(2): 166-171.
  2. Schrödl M. & Neusser T. P. (2010). "Towards a phylogeny and evolution of Acochlidia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158: 124-154. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00544.x.
  3. Rudman W. B. (23 March 2010). "Acochlidium fijiiensis Haynes & Kenchington, 1991". Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/acocfiji accessed 23 may 2010.

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