Acochlidium Explained

Acochlidium is a genus of freshwater slugs, an aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Acochlidiidae.^[1]

Acochlidium species have no shell.

Species

Species within the genus Acochlidium include:

• Acochlidium amboinense Strubell, 1892^[2]
• Acochlidium bayerfehlmanni Wawra, 1980^[2]
• Acochlidium fijiiensis Haynes & Kenchington, 1991^{[3] [4]}

synonyms:

• Acochlidium paradoxum Strubell is a synonym for Strubellia paradoxa (Strubell, 1892)
• Acochlidium sutteri Wawra^[5] is a synonym for Palliohedyle sutteri
• Acochlidium weberi Bergh, 1896^[2] is a synonym for Palliohedyle weberi

Notes and References

1. Strubell, A. (1892). No title [Demonstration and description of Acochlidium amboinense and A. paradoxum]. Sitzungsberichte – Verhandlungen des naturhistorischen Vereines der preussischen Rheinlande. 49: 62.
2. Rudman W. B. (17 June 2006). "Comment on Are there freshwater sea slugs? by Dave". Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available fromhttp://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16865 accessed 23 May 2010.
3. Haynes A. & Kenchington W. (1991). "Acochlidium fijiiensis sp. nov. (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Acochlidiacea) from Fiji". The Veliger 34(2): 166-171.
4. Rudman W. B. (23 March 2010). "Acochlidium fijiiensisHaynes & Kenchington, 1991". Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/acocfiji accessed 23 may 2010.
5. Wawra E. (1979). "Acochlidium sutteri nov. spec. (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Acochlidiacea) von Sumba, Indonesien". Ann. Naturhistor. Mus. Wien 82: 595-604.PDF