Acochlidium bayerfehlmanni is a species of freshwater gastropod, an aquatic gastropod mollusc within the family Acochlidiidae.
| Acochlidium bayerfehlmanni | |
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| dorsal view of Acochlidium bayerfehlmanni | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Acochlidiidae |
| Genus: | Acochlidium |
| Species: | A. bayerfehlmanni
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| Binomial name | |
| Acochlidium bayerfehlmanni | |
The specific name bayerfehlmanni is in honour of Frederick Merkle Bayer and of Herman Adair Fehlmann, who made the research of Acochlidium on Palau.[1] Type specimen are stored in Natural History Museum, Vienna and in Natural History Museum of Basel.[1]
Distribution edit
The type locality is Arakitoach River, Babelthuap, Palau Islands.[1]
Description edit
Acochlidium bayerfehlmanni has no shell. The body length is 25 mm.[1] It has two pairs of tentacles.[1]
It is a hermaphrodite.[1]