Pseudovermidae

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Pseudovermidae
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Pseudovermidae

Thiele, 1931 [1]
Genera

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Pseudovermidae is a taxonomic family of minute sea slugs, specifically aolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusks. [2]

This family has no subfamilies.

These extremely small sea slugs are meiofauna; they live among sand grains.

Genera

Genera within the family Pseudovermidae include: [3] [4]

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Opisthobranchia Informal group of gastropods

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Doridoidea Superfamily of gastropods

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Basommatophora Informal group of gastropods

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Chromodorididae Family of gastropods

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Nuculidae Family of bivalves

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Pseudovermis hancocki is species of minute sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Pseudovermidae.

Cancellariidae Family of sea snails

Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. Some of the shells of the species in this family resemble a nutmeg seed.

Dotidae Family of gastropods

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Triphoridae Family of gastropods

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Cerithiopsidae Family of gastropods

Cerithiopsidae is a family of very small sea snails in the informal group Ptenoglossa. Members of this family are known as cerithiopsids.

Cylichnidae Family of gastropods

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Dexiarchia Suborder of gastropods

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Aeolidida Clade of gastropods

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Microhedylidae Family of gastropods

Microhedylidae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks within the clade Acochlidiacea.

Akiodorididae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Onchidoridoidea.

Pleurobranchaeidae Family of gastropods

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References

  1. Thiele J. (1931) Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde, 1(2): 453.
  2. Pseudovermidae Thiele, 1931 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 8 January 2019.
  3. Powell A. W. B. (1979) New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, ISBN   0-00-216906-1
  4. "Pseudovermidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.