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Microhedylidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Rank
  
Family

Microhedylidae

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Microhedylidae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks within the clade Acochlidiacea.

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2005 taxonomy

Microhedylidae has been listed as a synonym of Parhedylidae in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005). Ganitidae Rankin, 1979 has been listed as a sole family within Hedylopsoidea. The type genus of Livorniellidae was Livorniella Rankin, 1979.

2010 taxonomy

Sensu Schrödl & Neusser (2010) is Microhedylidae within the clade Microhedylacea. Parhedylidae is a synonym of Microhedylidae. Microhedylidae s.l. may informally include Ganitidae, but inclusion of Ganitidae within Microhedylidae requires further research and higher statistical support.

Genera

Genera within the Microhedylidae include:

Microhedyle Hertling, 1930

  • Microhedyle glandulifera (Kowalevsky, 1901)
  • Microhedyle nahantensis (Doe, 1974)
  • Microhedyle odhneri (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1955)
  • Microhedyle remanei (Er. Marcus, 1953)
  • Ganitus Marcus, 1953 - with the only species Ganitus evelinae Marcus, 1953 - it belongs to Microhedylidae s.l. / Ganitidae
  • Paraganitus Challis, 1968 - with the only species Paraganitus ellynnae Challis, 1968 - it belongs to Microhedylidae s.l. / Ganitidae

    • Parhedyle Thiele, 1931

  • Parhedyle cryptophthalma (Westheide & Wawra, 1974)
  • Parhedyle tyrtowii (Kowalevsky, 1900)
  • Parhedyle gerlachi (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1959)

    • Pontohedyle Golikov & Starobogatov, 1972

    Cladogram

    A cladogram based on sequences of mitochondrial 28S ribosomal RNA, 16S ribosomal RNA and cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes showing phylogenic relations within the family Microhedylidae:

    References

    Microhedylidae Wikipedia
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