Plakobranchacea

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Plakobranchacea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Sacoglossa
Clade: Plakobranchacea
Superfamilies

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The Plakobranchacea are a clade of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sacoglossa. [1] [2]

Taxonomy

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References

  1. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Plakobranchacea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596349 on 2012-03-08