Platyhedylidae is a
family
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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
slugs
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,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the superfamily Platyhedylidae.
This family has no subfamilies.
Genera and species
There are two genera in the family Platyhedylidae:
* ''
Gascoignella'' - Jensen, 1985
**Species ''
Gascoignella aprica'' - Jensen, 1985
**Species ''
Gascoignella jabae'' - Swennen, 2001
**Species ''
Gascoignella nukuli'' - Swennen, 2001
* ''
Platyhedyle'' - Salwini-Plawen, 1973 - type genus
** Species ''
Platyhedyle denudata'' - Salvini-Plawen, 1973
References
Gastropod families
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