Janolidae is a
family
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of sea slugs,
nudibranch
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s,
marine
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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 ...
mollusc
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s, in the clade
Euthyneura
Euthyneura is a taxonomic infraclass of snails and slugs, which includes species exclusively from marine, aquatic and terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the clade Heterobranchia.
Euthyneura are characterised by several autapomorphies, but are n ...
.
Genera
Genera in the family Janolidae include:
[MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase]
Janolidae Pruvot-Fol, 1933.
Accessed on 2020-10-20.
* ''
Antiopella''
Hoyle, 1902
* ''
Bonisa''
Gosliner, 1981
* ''
Galeojanolus''
Miller, 1971
* ''
Janolus
''Janolus'' is a genus of small to large sea slugs, or more accurately nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Janolidae. The name ''Janolus'' is derived from the two-headed god Janus, in ancient Roman mythology.
Description
Adult ...
''
Bergh, 1884
;Genera brought into synonymy:
* ''Janus''
Vérany, 1844: synonym of ''Janolus''
Bergh, 1884
References
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Nudibranchia
Gastropod families