Tantulum elegans
Introduction '''''Tantulum elegans''''' is a species of freshwater slug, an aquatic shell-less gastropod mollusk within the clade Acochlidiacea.This species has no shell. The maximum recorded length is 2 mm. ''Tantulum elegans'' is the only species in the genus '''''Tantulum''''', and that is in turn the only genus in the family '''Tantulidae'''.
Taxonomy In 2005, Tantulidae was classified as the only family within the superfamily Hedylopsoidea in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi.According to Schrödl & Neusser (2010) Tantulidae is in the clade Hedylopsacea.
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
External links * http://www.malacolog.org/search.php?mode=details&waspid=5103