Runcinidae

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Runcinidae
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Karukerina antola (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Cohort: Tectipleura
Order: Runcinida
Superfamily: Runcinoidea
Family: Runcinidae
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Synonyms
  • Ildicidae Burn, 1963
  • Peltidae Vayssière, 1885

Runcinidae is a family of medium-sized sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. They are headshield slugs, in the superfamily Runcinoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). [1]

Contents

This family has no subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.

Genera

Genera brought into synonymy

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Runcinidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1751 on 2021-04-12