Tantulum elegans
Not to be confused with Tantalum.
| Tantulum elegans | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Acochlidiacea clade Hedylopsacea[1] |
| 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.
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]
References
- 1 2 3 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ↑ Neusser T. P. & Schrödl M. (2007). "Tantulum elegans reloaded: a computer-based 3D-visualization of the anatomy of a Caribbean freshwater acochlidian gastropod". Invertebrate Biology 126(1): 18-39. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7410.2007.00073.x.
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