Rhodopidae Explained

Rhodopidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Murchisonelloidea.^{[1] [2]}

Genera

Genera include:

• Helminthope Salvini-Plawen, 1991
• Rhodope Koelliker, 1847

Genera brought into synonymy:

• Sidonia Schulze, 1854: synonym of Rhodope Koelliker, 1847

Taxonomy

Molecular work has shown that this family is a basal clade of heterobranch Mollusca. Anatomically aberrant, Rhodopidae have been shown to be related to snails of the family Murchisonellidae which all have a narrow shell with many whorls.^[3]

Further reading

• Haszprunar, G. and G. Huber. (1990). On the central nervous system of Smeagolidae and Rhodopidae, two families questionably allied to the Gymnomorpha (Gastropoda, Euthyneura). Journal of Zoology 220: 185–199.

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Rhodopidae Ihering, 1876. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23111 on 2015-04-14
2. Bouchet, P. . Rocroi, J.-P. . amp . 2005 . Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families . Malacologia . 47 . 1–2 .
3. Wilson, N. G.; Jörger, K. M.; Brenzinger, B.; Schrödl, M. (2017). Phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic worm-like Rhodopemorpha slugs as basal Heterobranchia. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 1-10.