Aglajidae
Aglajidae | |
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Chelidonura varians, head end towards the lower left | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Cephalaspidea |
Family: | Aglajidae Pilsbry, 1895 (1847) |
Genera | |
See text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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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
- BiuveZamora-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
Gallery
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aglajidae.
- ^ 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
- ^ Sea Slug Forum Archived 2009-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 0-00-216906-1