Calliopaea

Calliopaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia ; informal groupOpisthobranchia ; clade Sacoglossa ; clade Plakobranchacea
Superfamily:	Plakobranchoidea
Family:	Limapontiidae
Genus:	Calliopaea; d'Orbigny, 1837
Type species
	Calliopaea bellula d'Orbigny, 1837;
Synonyms
	Custiphorus Deshayes, 1853

Last updated September 11, 2025

Calliopaea is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Limapontiidae. These are sacoglossan sea slugs.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Calliopaea include:

Calliopaea bellula d'Orbigny, 1837
Calliopaea oophaga Lemche in Gascoigne & Sartory, 1974
Calliopaea rissoana Milne-Edwards, 1842
Calliopaea souleyeti Vérany, 1846

References

1 2 3 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Calliopaea d'Orbigny, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138522 on 2011-04-12

Jensen, K.R. (2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)". Bonner Zoologische Beiträge. 55: 255–281.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 3 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Calliopaea d'Orbigny, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138522 on 2011-04-12

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