Aplysioidea

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Aplysioidea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euopisthobranchia
Clade: Anaspidea
Superfamily: Aplysioidea
Lamarck, 1809
Families

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Aplysioidea is a superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the clade Anaspidea. [1]

Aplysiidae is the only family in this superfamily.

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References

  1. Gofas, S. (2010). Akeroidea. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411935 on 2017-04-02