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Hedylopsis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Rank
  
Family

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Scientific name
  
Hedylopsidae

Genus
  
Hedylopsis Thiele, 1931

Similar
  
Pontohedyle, Pseudunela cornuta, Pneumodermatidae

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

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Taxonomy

Hedylopsidae has been classified within the superfamily Hedylopsoidea in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005).

Sensu Schrödl & Neusser (2010) Hedylopsis is the only genus in the family Hedylopsidae. It is placed within unranked clade Hedylopsacea.

Species

There are only two species in the genus Hedylopsis:

  • Hedylopsis spiculifera (Kowalevsky, 1901)
  • Hedylopsis ballantinei Sommerfeldt & Schrödl, 2005
  • References

    Hedylopsis Wikipedia