''Gascoignella'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sacoglossa
Sacoglossa are a superorder of small sea slugs and sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that belong to the clade Heterobranchia known as sacoglossans. There are 284 valid species recognized within this superorder. Sacoglossans live by ingestin ...
n
sea slug
Sea slug is a common name for some Marine biology, marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial Slug, slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are Sea snail, sea snails (marine gastropod moll ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the family
Platyhedylidae
Platyhedylidae is a family of sacoglossan sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs ...
. This genus was first described in 1985 by Kathe Jensen.
[Gascoignella aprica Jensen, 1985]
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Species
Species within the genus ''Gascoignella'' include:
* ''
Gascoignella aprica'' Jensen, 1985
* ''
Gascoignella jabae
''Gascoignella'' is a genus of sacoglossan sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Platyhedylidae. This genus was first described in 1985 by Kathe Jensen.[Gascoignella nukuli
''Gascoignella'' is a genus of sacoglossan sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Platyhedylidae
Platyhedylidae is a family of sacoglossan sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invert ...]
'' Swennen, 2001
References
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Platyhedylidae