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* ''[[Lapinura]]'' <small>Er. Marcus and Ev. Marcus, 1970</small>
* ''[[Lapinura]]'' <small>Er. Marcus and Ev. Marcus, 1970</small>
* ''[[Pseudoilbia]]'' <small>Miller and Riudman, 1968</small>
* ''[[Pseudoilbia]]'' <small>Miller and Riudman, 1968</small>
* ''[[Runcina]]'' <small>Forbes and Hanley, 1851</small>
* ''[[Runcina (mollusc)|Runcina]]'' <small>Forbes and Hanley, 1851</small>
* ''[[Runcinella]]'' <small>Odhner, 1924</small>
* ''[[Runcinella]]'' <small>Odhner, 1924</small>
* ''[[Runnica]]'' <small>Miller and Riudman, 1968</small>
* ''[[Runnica]]'' <small>Miller and Riudman, 1968</small>

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Runcinidae
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Runcinidae

H. and A. Adams, 1854
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Runcinidae is a family of medium-sized, sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. They are headshield slugs, in the suborder Cephalaspidea.

Description

These are very small slug-like animals. The shell is either a vestigial internal remnant, or is entirely absent.

Genera within the family Runcinidae

References

  • "Runcinidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1