Strubelliidae
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Strubellia paradoxa is a shell-less freshwater gastropod
Freshwater snail
A freshwater snail is one kind of freshwater mollusc, the other kind being freshwater clams and mussels, i.e. freshwater bivalves. Specifically a freshwater snail is a gastropod that lives in a watery non-marine habitat. The majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions....

, aquatic gastropod mollusks within the clade Acochlidiacea
Acochlidiacea
Acochlidiacea, common name acochlidians, are a taxonomic clade of very unusual sea snails and sea and freshwater slugs, aquatic gastropod mollusks within the large clade Heterobranchia...

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Strubellia paradoxa is the only species in the genus Strubellia.

Taxonomy

Strubellia has been classified in the family Strubelliidae Rankin, 1979 within the superfamily Strubellioidea
Strubellioidea
Strubellioidea was defined as a taxonomic superfamily of sea slugs, mostly marine gastropod mollusks within the informal group Opisthobranchia according to the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi ....

 in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...

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Sensu Schrödl & Neusser (2010) Strubellia is in the family Acochlidiidae
Acochlidiidae
Acochlidiidae are a taxonomic family of shell-less freshwater gastropods , aquatic gastropod mollusks within the clade Acochlidiacea.- 2005 taxonomy :...

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Further reading

  • Wawra E. (1974). "The rediscovery of Strubellia paradoxa (Strubell) (Gastropoda: Euthyneura: Acochlidiacea) on the Solomon Islands". The Veliger 17(1): 8-10.
  • Wawra E. (1988). "Strubellia paradoxa (Strubell 1892) (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) von den Solomon-Inseln". Zool Anz 220: 163-172.
  • Brenzinger B., Neusser T. P., Glaubrecht M., Haszprunar G. & Schrödl M. (in press: 2011). "Redescription and 3-dimensional reconstruction of the limnic acochlidian gastropod Strubellia paradoxa (Strubell, 1892) from Ambon, Indonesia". Journal of Natural History
    Journal of Natural History
    The Journal of Natural History is a scientific journal published by Taylor & Francis focusing on entomology and zoology. The journal was established in 1841 under the name Annals and Magazine of Natural History and obtained its current title in 1967...

    London.
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