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Pleurolidiidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Rank
  
Family

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Aeolidioidea

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Pleurolidiidae is a family of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, within the superfamily Aeolidioidea.

Genera and species

Genera and species within the family Pleurolidiidae include:

  • Pleurolidia Burn, 1966
  • Pleurolidia juliae Burn, 1966
  • Protaeolidiella Baba, 1955
  • Protaeolidiella atra Baba, 1955
  • Pleurolidia juliae and Protaeolidiella atra are sister species according to DNA evidence and are poorly supported as members of the polyphyletic Facelinidae. As the family Facelinidae will be revised in the near future these species are currently placed in Pleurolidiidae.

    References

    Pleurolidiidae Wikipedia