Stylocheilus

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Stylocheilus
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Stylocheilus striatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euopisthobranchia
Clade: Anaspidea
Superfamily: Aplysioidea
Family: Aplysiidae
Genus: Stylocheilus
Gould, 1852 [1]
Type species
Aplysia longicaudaQuoy & Gaimard, 1825

Stylocheilus is a genus of sea slugs, specifically sea hares, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares. [2] [3]

Contents

According to some authors this genus belongs in the family Dolabriferidae.

Species

Species in the genus Stylocheilus include:

Taxon inquirendum
Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. Gould A. (1852). "Mollusca and Shells". In: Wilkes Ch., United States Exploring Expeditions, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N.. Philadelphia, C. Sherman & son, 12: pages 224-225.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Stylocheilus Gould, 1852. Accessed on 2021-01-27.
  3. Bazzicalupo, E.; Crocetta, F.; Gosliner, T. M.; Berteaux-Lecellier, V.; Camacho-García, Y. E.; Chandran, B. K. S.; Valdés, Á. (2020). Molecular and morphological systematics of Bursatella leachii de Blainville, 1817 and Stylocheilus striatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 reveal cryptic diversity in pantropically distributed taxa (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Heterobranchia). Invertebrate Systematics. 34: 535-568.