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Caliphyllidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Limapontioidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Scientific name
  
Caliphyllidae

Rank
  
Family

Caliphyllidae

Similar
  
Cyerce, Cyerce nigricans, Polybranchia orientalis, Sacoglossa, Plakobranchidae

Caliphyllidae is a taxonomic family of sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the clade Sacoglossa.

This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

There are five genera in the family Caliphyllidae:

  • Caliphylla A. Costa, 1867
  • Cyerce Bergh, 1871
  • Mourgona Marcus & Marcus, 1970
  • Polybranchia Pease, 1860
  • Sohgenia Hamatani, 1991
    • Genera brought into synonymy 
  • Branchophyllum Pruvot-Fol, 1947 : synonym of Polybranchia Pease, 1860
  • Lobifera Pease, 1866  : synonym of Polybranchia Pease, 1860
  • Phyllobranchillus Pruvot-Fol, 1933  : synonym of Polybranchia Pease, 1860
  • Phyllobranchus Alder & Hancock, 1864  : synonym of Polybranchia Pease, 1860

    • References

    Caliphyllidae Wikipedia
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