# Acroloxus

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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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| image = Acroloxus lacustris.jpg
| image_caption = Two views of a [shell](/source/gastropod_shell) of ''[Acroloxus lacustris](/source/Acroloxus_lacustris)''
| taxon = Acroloxus
| authority = [Beck](/source/Henrik_Henriksen_Beck), 1838<ref>Beck H. 1837. ''Index molluscorum præsentis ævi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici''. pp. 1-100 [1837], 101-124 [1838]. Hafniae.</ref>
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'''''Acroloxus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of very small, air-breathing, [freshwater snail](/source/freshwater_snail)s, or more precisely [limpets](/source/limpets), [aquatic](/source/Aquatic_animal) [pulmonate](/source/pulmonate) [gastropod](/source/gastropod)s in the family [Acroloxidae](/source/Acroloxidae).

==Species==
Species in the genus ''Acroloxus'' include:
* ''[Acroloxus coloradensis](/source/Acroloxus_coloradensis)'' <small>J. Henderson, 1930</small> - [Rocky Mountain capshell](/source/Rocky_Mountain_capshell)
* ''[Acroloxus egirdirensis](/source/Acroloxus_egirdirensis)'' <small>Shirokaya, 2012</small>
* ''[Acroloxus improvisus](/source/Acroloxus_improvisus)'' <small>Polinski, 1929</small>
* ''[Acroloxus lacustris](/source/Acroloxus_lacustris)'' <small>([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae))</small> - Lake limpet
* ''[Acroloxus macedonicus](/source/Acroloxus_macedonicus)'' <small>Hadžišce, 1959</small>
* ''[Acroloxus pseudolacustris](/source/Acroloxus_pseudolacustris)'', <small>Glöer & Pešić, 2012</small>
* ''[Acroloxus tetensi](/source/Acroloxus_tetensi)'' <small>(Kušcer, 1832)</small>

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Category:Acroloxidae
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Category:Taxa named by Henrik Henriksen Beck

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