Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca | Scientific name Boselliidae Rank Family | |
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Genus BoselliaTrinchese, 1891 Similar Bosellia mimetica, Elysia timida, Thuridilla, Plakobranchidae, Ercolania | ||
Bosellia marcusi maybe p5070385
Bosellia is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Plakobranchoidea.
Contents
Bosellia is the only genus in the family Boselliidae. Such families are monotypic families and this family has no subfamilies.
Bosellia maybe p5070356
Distribution
Distribution include warm waters in Mediterranean and in Atlantic ocean. Reports from Indo-Pacific were not confirmed.
Species
Species within the genus Bosellia include 3 species and one with uncertain taxonomic status:
Phylogenetic results by Händeler et al. (2009) indicate that the Caribbean "Bosellia marcusi" described by Eveline Agnes du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1972) is a derived species of Elysia. Morphological examination indicates that the parapodia of "B. marcusi" have secondarily fused over the dorsum, producing a superficial similarity with Bosellia. Bosellia marcusi Marcus, 1972 is a synonym for Elysia marcusi (Marcus, 1972).