Costasiella

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Kingdom Animalia Family Costasiellidae Higher classification Costasiellidae Rank Genus		Superfamily Limapontioidea Scientific name Costasiella Phylum Mollusca

Similar Costasiella kuroshimae, Sacoglossa, Cyerce, Molluscs, Elysia

Costasiella is a genus of sacoglossan sea slugs, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Costasiellidae.

The most recent diagnosis of the genus Costasiella is by the Dutch malacologist Cornelis Kees Swennen (2007).

Costasiella ocellifera from key largo sept 17 2013 p9180051

There are 16 species in the genus Costasiella

Costasiella arenaria K. R. Jensen, Krug, Dupont & Nishina, 2014

Costasiella coronata Swennen, 2007

Costasiella formicaria (Baba, 1959)

Costasiella illa (Marcus, 1965)

Costasiella iridophora Ichikawa, 1993

Costasiella kuroshimae Ichikawa, 1993

Costasiella mandorahae Jensen 1997

Costasiella nonatoi Marcus & Marcus, 1960

Costasiella ocellifera (Simroth, 1895)

Costasiella pallida Jensen, 1985

Costasiella patricki Espinoza, DuPont & Valdés, 2014

Costasiella paweli Ichikawa, 1993

Costasiella rubrolineata Ichikawa, 1993

Costasiella usagi Ichikawa, 1993

Costasiella vegae Ichikawa, 1993

Costasiella virescens Pruvot-Fol, 1951

Species brought into synonymy

Costasiella lilianae (Marcus & Marcus, 1969) - Clark (1984): synonym of Costasiella ocellifera (Simroth, 1895)

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