Platyhedylidae Explained

Platyhedylidae is a family of sacoglossan sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Platyhedylidae.^[1]

This family has no subfamilies.

Genera and species

There are two genera in the family Platyhedylidae:^{[2] [3] [4]}

• 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

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. . Rocroi, J.-P. . amp . 2005 . Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families . Malacologia . 47 . 1–2 .
2. Jensen . K. R. . 1996 . Phylogenetic systematics and classification of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences . 351 . 1335. 91–122 . 10.1098/rstb.1996.0006 .
3. Händeler . K. . Grzymbowski . Y. P. . Krug . P. J. . Wägele . H. . 2009 . Functional chloroplasts in metazoan cells - a unique evolutionary strategy in animal life . . 6 . 28 . 10.1186/1742-9994-6-28 . 19951407 . 2790442 . free .
4. Bouchet, Philippe . 2010 . Platyhedylidae . 23099 . 2012-01-22 .