Aglajidae
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Aglajidae | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Chelidonura varians | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Philinoidea |
| Family: | Aglajidae Pilsbry, 1895 (1847) |
| Genera | |
|
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 clade Cephalaspidea.
[edit] 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
[edit] References
- ^ Sea Slug Forum
- ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
[edit] External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Aglajidae |
 |
Wikispecies has information related to: Aglajidae |
 |
This Aglajidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
