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Aglajidae

Chelidonura varians
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Orthogastropoda
Superorder:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Opisthobranchia
Suborder:	Cephalaspidea
Superfamily:	Philinoidea
Family:	Aglajidae Pilsbry, 1895 (1847)
Genera and species
See text.

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 suborder Cephalaspidea.

Genera and species within the family Aglajidae

Genus Aglaja
- Aglaja cylindrica Cheeseman, 1881
- Aglaja felis
- Aglaja lorrainae Rudman, 1968
- Aglaja ocelligera
- Aglaja orientalis
- Aglaja virgo Rudman, 1968
Genus Chelidonura
Genus Melanochlamys
Genus Navanax
Genus Odontoglaja
- Odontoglaja guamensis
Genus Philinopsis
- Philinopsis aeci
- Philinopsis cyanea
- Philinopsis depicta
- Philinopsis gardineri
- Philinopsis gigliolii
- Philinopsis lineolata
- Philinopsis pilsbryi
- Philinopsis reticulata
- Philinopsis speciosa
- Philinopsis taronga
- Philinopsis troubridgensis
- Philinopsis virgo

References

Wikispecies has information related to Aglajidae.

Sea Slug Forum
Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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