Tantulum elegans

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Tantulum elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
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Family:
Tantulidae

Rankin, 1979
Genus:
Tantulum

Rankin, 1979
Species:
T. elegans
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.

Contents

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]

Taxonomy

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]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent. It was collected at an altitude of 411.5 m. [3]

Ecology

Tantulum elegans are sequential hermaphrodites. [6]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Rankin J. J. (1979). "A freshwater shell-less mollusc from the Caribbean: structure, biotics, and contribution to a new understanding of the Acochlidioidea". Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum 116: 123 pp.
  3. 1 2 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  4. Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149-166. hdl : 10088/7390 doi : 10.1007/s10750-007-9012-6.
  5. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
  6. Neusser T. P. & Schrödl M. (2007). "Tantulum elegans reloaded: a computer-based 3D-visualization of the anatomy of a Caribbean freshwater acochlidian gastropod". Invertebrate Biology126(1): 18-39. doi : 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2007.00073.x.