Acochlidium

Acochlidium is a genus of freshwater slugs, an aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Acochlidiidae.^[2]

Acochlidium
Acochlidium fijiiensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Acochlidiidae
Genus:	Acochlidium Strubell, 1892[1]

Acochlidium species have no shell.

Species

Species within the genus Acochlidium include:

• Acochlidium amboinense Strubell, 1892^[3]
• Acochlidium bayerfehlmanni Wawra, 1980^[3]
• Acochlidium fijiiensis Haynes & Kenchington, 1991^[4][5]

synonyms:

• Acochlidium paradoxum Strubell is a synonym for Strubellia paradoxa (Strubell, 1892)^{[citation needed]}
• Acochlidium sutteri Wawra^[6] is a synonym for Palliohedyle sutteri
• Acochlidium weberi Bergh, 1896^[3] is a synonym for Palliohedyle weberi

References

1. Strubell A. (1892). "(no title)" Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischer Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens 49: 62.
2. Strubell, A. (1892). No title [Demonstration and description of Acochlidium amboinense and A. paradoxum]. Sitzungsberichte – Verhandlungen des naturhistorischen Vereines der preussischen Rheinlande. 49: 62.
3. 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.
4. Haynes A. & Kenchington W. (1991). "Acochlidium fijiiensis sp. nov. (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Acochlidiacea) from Fiji". The Veliger 34(2): 166-171.
5. 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.
6. Wawra E. (1979). "Acochlidium sutteri nov. spec. (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Acochlidiacea) von Sumba, Indonesien". Ann. Naturhistor. Mus. Wien 82: 595-604.PDF