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Philinoidea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Rank
  
Superfamily

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Philinoidea

Lower classifications
  
Cylichnidae, Scaphander, Cylichna thetidis

Philinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of sea slugs, specifically headshield slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Cephalaspidea.

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Anatomy

They are generally small animals, and have no shell or gills. Unlike some related forms, the visceral mass is not sharply set off from the rest of the body.

Families

Families within the superfamily Philinoidea include (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

  • Aglajidae Pilsbry 1895
  • Alacuppidae Oskars, Bouchet, and Malaquias, 2015
  • Colpodaspididae Oskars, Bouchet, and Malaquias, 2015
  • Cylichnidae - synonym: Tornatinidae
  • Gastropteridae Swainson, 1840
  • Laonidae Pruvot-Fol, 1954
  • Philinidae "Clade 4"
  • Philinoglossidae Hertling, 1932
  • Philinorbidae Oskars, Bouchet, and Malaquias, 2015
  • Plusculidae: synonym of Philinoglossidae Hertling, 1932
  • Scaphandridae G. O Sars, 1878

    • References

    Philinoidea Wikipedia
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