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Aglajidae

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Aglajidae
Chelidonura varians
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Superfamily:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

informal group Opisthobranchia

clade Cephalaspidea
Family:
Aglajidae

Pilsbry, 1895 (1847)
Genera

See text.

Philinopsis sp.

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.

Genera

Genera and species within the family Aglajidae include[1][2]:

References

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