Limapontioidea are a superseded superfamily of

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Plakobranchoidea Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411959 on 2020-11-05 It is now accepted as a synonym of the superfamily

Plakobranchoidea Plakobranchoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks within the superorder Sacoglossa Sacoglossa are a superorder of small sea slugs and sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that belong to the clade Heterobra ...

Gray, 1840.

Families

Families within the superfamily Limapontioidea include: *Family Caliphyllidae Tiberi, 1881 * Family Costasiellidae K. B. Clarke, 1984 *Family Hermaeidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 *Family

Limapontiidae Limapontiidae is a taxonomic family of small to minute sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Limapontiidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marin ...

Gray, 1847 ;Families and subfamilies brought into synonymy : * Alderiidae : synonym of Limapontiidae * Costasiellidae : synonym of Limapontiidae * Ercolaniinae : synonym of Limapontiidae * Lobiferidae : synonym of Caliphyllidae * Oleidae : synonym of Limapontiidae * Phyllobranchidae : synonym of Caliphyllidae * Phyllobranchillidae : synonym of Caliphyllidae * Polybranchiidae : synonym of Caliphyllidae * Pontolimacidae : synonym of Limapontiidae * Stiligeridae : synonym of Limapontiidae

References

Panpulmonata Obsolete gastropod taxa {{Heterobranchia-stub