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Asperspina

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
AsperspinidaeRankin, 1979

Similar
  
Acochlidiacea, Pontohedyle, Rhodopidae

Asperspina is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks within the clade Acochlidiacea.

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Taxonomy

Asperspinidae has been listed as a synonym of Parhedylidae in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005).

Sensu Schrödl & Neusser (2010) is Asperspina is the only genus in the family Asperspinidae. Minicheviellidae is a junior synonym of Asperspinidae.

Species

Species within the genus Asperspina include:

  • Asperspina brambelli (Swedmark, 1968)
  • Asperspina murmanica (Kudinskaya & Minichev, 1978) - synonym: Minicheviella murmanica (Kuchinskaja & Minichev, 1978)
  • Asperspina rhopalotecta Salvini-Plawen, 1973
  • Asperspina loricata (Swedmark, 1968)
  • Asperspina riseri (Morse, 1976)

    • References

    Asperspina Wikipedia
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