Plakobranchoidea is a

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superfamily of

sea slug Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are sea snails (marine gastropod mollusks) that over evolutionary t ...

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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 superorder

Sacoglossa Sacoglossa, commonly known as the sacoglossans or the "solar-powered sea slugs", are a superorder of small sea slugs and sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that belong to the clade Heterobranchia. Sacoglossans live by ingesting the cellular ...

.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Plakobranchoidea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411959 on 2012-03-08

Families

Families within the superfamily Plakobranchoidea include: *

Costasiellidae Costasiellidae is a taxonomic family of small to minute sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks belonging to the superfamily Plakobranchoidea.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Costasiellidae K. B. Clarke, 1984. Acce ...

K. B. Clark, 1984 *

Hermaeidae Hermaeidae is a taxonomic family of sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Plakobranchoidea. This family has no subfamilies. Genera Jensen (1996)Jensen K. R. (1996). "Phylogenetic systemati ...

H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 *

Limapontiidae Limapontiidae is a taxonomic family of small to minute sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Limapontiidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marines ...

Gray, 1847 *

Plakobranchidae Plakobranchidae is a family of sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Plakobranchoidea. They superficially resemble nudibranchs but they are sacoglossans, members of the clade Sacoglossa within the Opisthobranchia.G ...

Gray, 1840 * Platyhedylidae Salvini-Plawen, 1973: belongs to the superfamuily Platyhedyloidea ; Synonyms: * Actaeonidae : synonym of Plakobranchidae * Alderiidae : synonym of Limapontiidae * Boselliidae Ev. Marcus, 1982 : synonym of Plakobranchidae Gray, 1840 *

Caliphyllidae Caliphyllidae is a taxonomic family of sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the clade Sacoglossa. This family has no subfamilies. Genera There are five genera in the family Caliphyllidae: * '' Caliphylla ...

Tiberi, 1881: synonym of Hermaeidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 * Elysiidae: synonym of Plakobranchidae * Ercolaniinae : synonym of Limapontiidae * Jenseneriidae Ortea & Moro, 2015: synonym of Caliphyllidae T''iberi, 1881'' accepted as Hermaeidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 * Gascoignellidae :synonym of Platyhedylidae * Lobiferidae : synonym of Caliphyllidae * Oleidae : synonym of Limapontiidae * Phyllobranchidae : synonym of Caliphyllidae * Phyllobranchillidae : synonym of Caliphyllidae * Placobranchidae: synonym of Plakobranchidae * Polybranchiidae : synonym of Caliphyllidae * Pontolimacidae : synonym of Limapontiidae * Stiligeridae : synonym of Limapontiidae

References

Plakobranchacea Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{Heterobranchia-stub