Platyhedylidae

Platyhedylidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superfamily:	Plakobranchoidea
Family:	Platyhedylidae ; Salvini-Plawen, 1973
Synonyms
	Gascoignellidae Jensen, 1985

Last updated January 11, 2026

Platyhedylidae is a family of sacoglossan sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Platyhedylidae.^[2]

This family has no subfamilies.

Genera and species

There are two genera in the family Platyhedylidae:^[3]^[4]^[5]

Gascoignella - Jensen, 1985
- Species Gascoignella aprica - Jensen, 1985
- Species Gascoignella jabae - Swennen, 2001
- Species Gascoignella nukuli - Swennen, 2001
Platyhedyle - Salwini-Plawen, 1973 - type genus
- Species Platyhedyle denudata - Salvini-Plawen, 1973

References

↑ Salvini-Plawen L. von (June 1973). Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung11(2): 128.
↑ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
↑ Jensen, K. R. (1996). "Phylogenetic systematics and classification of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia)". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 351 (1335): 91–122. doi:10.1098/rstb.1996.0006.
↑ Händeler, K.; Grzymbowski, Y. P.; Krug, P. J.; Wägele, H. (2009). "Functional chloroplasts in metazoan cells - a unique evolutionary strategy in animal life". Frontiers in Zoology . 6: 28. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-6-28 . PMC 2790442 . PMID 19951407.
↑ Bouchet, Philippe (2010). "Platyhedylidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2012-01-22.

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[1] Salvini-Plawen L. von (June 1973). Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung11(2): 128.

[2] Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).

[3] Jensen, K. R. (1996). "Phylogenetic systematics and classification of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia)". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 351 (1335): 91–122. doi:10.1098/rstb.1996.0006.

[4] Händeler, K.; Grzymbowski, Y. P.; Krug, P. J.; Wägele, H. (2009). "Functional chloroplasts in metazoan cells - a unique evolutionary strategy in animal life". Frontiers in Zoology . 6: 28. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-6-28 . PMC 2790442 . PMID 19951407.

[WoRMS-5] Bouchet, Philippe (2010). "Platyhedylidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2012-01-22.

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