Limapontioidea

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Limapontioidea
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Cyerce nigricans , from the family Caliphyllidae, on the green alga species Chlorodesmis fastigiata . Locality: Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. The length of the slug is about 4 cm.
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Limapontioidea
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Limapontioidea are a superseded superfamily of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks within the superorder Sacoglossa. [1]

It is now accepted as a synonym of the superfamily Plakobranchoidea Gray, 1840. [2]

Families

Families within the superfamily Limapontioidea include:

Families and subfamilies brought into synonymy

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Sacoglossa Clade of gastropods

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Pyramidellidae Family of sea snails

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Turbinidae

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Trochidae Family of snails

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Calliostomatidae Family of gastropods

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Limapontiidae Family of gastropods

Limapontiidae is a taxonomic family of small to minute sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks.

Plakobranchidae Family of gastropods

Plakobranchidae is a family of sea slugs, marine opistobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Plakobranchoidea. They superficially resemble nudibranchs but they are sacoglossans, members of the clade Sacoglossa within the Opisthobranchia.

Melongenidae Family of gastropods

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Patellidae Family of gastropods

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Trochoidea (superfamily) Superfamily of sea snails

Trochoidea is a superfamily of small to very large vetigastropod sea snails with gills and an operculum. Species within this superfamily have nacre as the inner shell layer. The families within this superfamily include the Trochidae, the top snails. This superfamily is the largest vetigastropodan superfamily, containing more than 2,000 species.

Cylichnidae Family of gastropods

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Testacelloidea

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Tonnoidea

The Tonnoidea are a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha. This superfamily includes many very large species.

Vanikoroidea

Vanikoroidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The superfamily Eulimoidea is a synonym of Vanikoroidea.

Lottioidea Superfamily of gastropods

Lottioidea is a superfamily of sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Patellogastropoda, the true limpets.

Plakobranchacea Family of gastropods

The Plakobranchacea are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sacoglossa.

Plakobranchoidea Superfamily of gastropods

Plakobranchoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks within the superorder Sacoglossa.

Vanikoridae is a family of minute to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.

<i>Ercolania</i> Genus of gastropods

Ercolania is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.

Ancillariidae Family of gastropods

The Ancillariidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Olivoidea.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Plakobranchoidea Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411959 on 2020-11-05
  2. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).