Samlidae is a
taxonomic family
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of brightly coloured
sea slug
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s, specifically
nudibranch
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s,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s.
Genera and species
Genera within the family Samlidae include:
[Picton, B. (2017)]
Samlidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017.
In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2018-01-12.
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Luisella''
Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
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Samla
Samla is a village and former Rajput princely state on Saurashtra peninsula, in Gujarat state, western India.
History
Samla was one of the many petty princely states of Jhalawar ''prant'', which during the British raj was handled by the colon ...
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Bergh, 1900
References
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Fionoidea