Aglajidae

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Aglajidae
Chelidonura varians, head end towards the lower left
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Cephalaspidea
Family: Aglajidae
Pilsbry, 1895 (1847)
Genera

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Synonyms[1]
  • Chelidonuridae Habe, 1961
  • Doridiidae Gray, 1847 (Placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 1079)
  • Sinistrobranchidae d´Orbigny, 1841 (Name not available: not based on a name (ICZN, Art. 11.7.1.1.))

Aglajidae is a

mollusks. These are not nudibranchs; instead they are headshield slugs, in the clade Cephalaspidea.[1]

Note on the authority and dates

Family names such as this one, Aglajidae

ICZN Code. "If ... a family-group name was replaced before 1961 because of the synonymy of the type genus, the replacement name is to be maintained if it is in prevailing usage. A name maintained by virtue of this Article retains its own author [and date, the first date cited] but takes the priority of the replaced name [the date cited in parentheses, here alluding to Doridiinae Gray, 1847] [1]

Genera

Genera and species within the family Aglajidae include:[2][3]

  • Aglaja Renier, 1807 – 7 species (type genus)
  • Aglaona Chaban, Ekimova, Schepetov & Chernyshev, 2022
  • Biuve
    Zamora-Silva & Malaquias, 2017 – 1 species
  • Camachoaglaja Zamora-Silva & Malaquias, 2017 – 7 species
  • Chelidonura A. Adams, 1850 – 17 species
  • Mannesia Zamora-Silva & Malaquias, 2017 – 1 species
  • Mariaglaja Zamora-Silva & Malaquias, 2017 – 4 species
  • Melanochlamys Cheeseman, 1881 – 15 species
  • Nakamigawaia Kuroda & Habe, 1961 – 2 species
  • Navanax Pilsbry, 1895 – 5 species
  • Niparaya Zamora-Silva & Malaquias, 2017 – 1 species
  • Odontoglaja Rudman, 1978 – 2 species
  • Philinopsis Pease, 1860 – 15 species
  • Spinoaglaja Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2007 – 3 species
  • Spinophallus Zamora-Silva & Malaquias, 2017 – 2 species
  • Tubulophilinopsis Zamora-Silva & Malaquias, 2017 – 4 species

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References

  1. ^ a b c Bouchet, P. (2012). Aglajidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22981 on 2012-06-16
  2. ^ Sea Slug Forum Archived 2009-12-28 at the Wayback Machine