Aglajidae
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| Family: | Aglajidae Pilsbry, 1895 (1847)
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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]:
- Genus Aglaja Renier, 1807 - type genus
- 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 Noalda Iredale, 1936
- Genus Odontoglaja
- Genus Philinopsis
- Genera brought into synonymy
* Acera Cuvier, 1810 : synonym of Aglaja Renier, 1807
- Doridium Meckel, 1809 : synonym of Aglaja Renier, 1807
References
- ^ 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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