Aglajidae

Aglajidae
Chelidonura varians, head end towards the lower left
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Cephalaspidea
Family: Aglajidae
Pilsbry, 1895 (1847)
Genera

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Synonyms[1]
  • Chelidonuridae Habe, 1961
  • Doridiidae Gray, 1847 (Placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 1079)
  • Sinistrobranchidae d´Orbigny, 1841 (Name not available: not based on a name (ICZN, Art. 11.7.1.1.))

Aglajidae is a family of often colorful, medium-sized, sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. These are not nudibranchs; instead they are headshield slugs, in the clade Cephalaspidea.[1]

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Aglajidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22981 on 2012-06-16

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