Tantulum

Tantulum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Tantulidae
Genus: Tantulum
Rankin, 1979
Species:
T. elegans
Binomial name
Tantulum elegans
Rankin, 1979

Tantulum elegans is a species of freshwater slug, an aquatic shell-less gastropod mollusc within the superfamily Acochlidioidea. It is the only species in the genus Tantulum.

This species has no shell. The maximum recorded length is 2 mm.

Distribution

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

Ecology

Tantulum elegans are sequential hermaphrodites.

References

  1. 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.
  2. ↑ 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
  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. ↑ 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.