''Bosellia'' is a

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of sea

slugs Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word ''slug'' is also often used as part of the common name of any gastropod mollusc that has no shell, a very reduced shell, or only a smal ...

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

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s within the superfamily Plakobranchoidea. ''Bosellia'' is the only genus in the family Boselliidae. Such families are

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families and this family has no subfamilies.

Distribution

Distribution include warm waters in

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and in

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. Reports from Indo-Pacific were not confirmed.

Species

Species within the genus ''Bosellia'' include 3 species and one with uncertain taxonomic status:Jensen K. R. (November 2007)
"Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)"
. ''

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'' 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281. * '' Bosellia cohellia'' Marcus, 1978 - uncertain taxonomic status * '' Bosellia curasoae'' Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970 * '' Bosellia corinneae'' Marcus, 1973 * ''

Bosellia levis ''Bosellia'' is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Plakobranchoidea. ''Bosellia'' is the only genus in the family Boselliidae. Such families are monotypic families and this family has no subfamilies. Distr ...

'' Fernandez-Ovies & Ortea, 1986 * '' Bosellia mimetica'' Trinchese, 1890 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Bosellia leve'' Fernández-Ovies & Ortea, 1986: synonym of ''Bosellia levis'' Fernandez-Ovies & Ortea, 1986 * ''Bosellia marcusi'' Ev. Marcus, 1972: synonym of ''

Elysia marcusi Elysia may signify the following: *Elysia (band), a deathcore band *Elysia (gastropod), ''Elysia'' (gastropod), a genus of gastropods *Elysium, a section of the underworld containing the Elysian Fields *Elysia, a terrestrial planet in ''Metroid Pri ...

'' (Ev. Marcus, 1972)

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results by Händeler et al. (2009) indicate that the Caribbean "''Bosellia marcusi''" described by Eveline Agnes du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1972) Marcus E. D. B. R. (March 1972)
"On some opisthobranchs from Florida"
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'' 22(2): 284–308. is a derived species of '' Elysia''. Morphological examination indicates that the parapodia of "''B. marcusi''" have secondarily fused over the dorsum, producing a superficial similarity with ''Bosellia''. ''Bosellia marcusi'' Marcus, 1972 is a synonym for ''

'' (Marcus, 1972).

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