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.Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149-166.
This species has no shell. The maximum recorded length is 2 mm.Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. .
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.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. .
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