Aglajidae

Aglajidae is a family of often colorful, medium-sized, sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. These are not nudibranchs; instead they are headshield slugs, in the clade Cephalaspidea.[1]

Aglajidae
Chelidonura varians, head end towards the lower left
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euopisthobranchia
Order: Cephalaspidea
Family: Aglajidae
Pilsbry, 1895 (1847)
Genera

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Chelidonuridae Habe, 1961
  • Doridiidae Gray, 1847 (Placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 1079)
  • Sinistrobranchidae d´Orbigny, 1841 (Name not available: not based on a genus name (ICZN, Art. 11.7.1.1.))

Note on the authority and dates

Family names such as this one, Aglajidae Pilsbry, 1895 (1847), that have two dates (the second one in parentheses) are those names which are ruled by Article 40(2) of the ICZN Code. "If ... a family-group name was replaced before 1961 because of the synonymy of the type genus, the replacement name is to be maintained if it is in prevailing usage. A name maintained by virtue of this Article retains its own author [and date, the first date cited] but takes the priority of the replaced name [the date cited in parentheses, here alluding to Doridiinae Gray, 1847] [1]

Genera

Genera and species within the family Aglajidae include:[2][3]

  • genus Aglaja Renier, 1807 -- 7 species (type genus)
  • genus Biuve Zamora-Silva & Malaquias, 2017 -- 1 species
  • genus Camachoaglaja Zamora-Silva & Malaquias, 2017 -- 7 species
  • genus Chelidonura A. Adams, 1850 -- 17 species
  • genus Mannesia Zamora-Silva & Malaquias, 2017 -- 1 species
  • genus Mariaglaja Zamora-Silva & Malaquias, 2017 -- 4 species
  • genus Melanochlamys Cheeseman, 1881 -- 15 species
  • genus Nakamigawaia Kuroda & Habe, 1961 -- 2 species
  • genus Navanax Pilsbry, 1895 -- 5 species
  • genus Niparaya Zamora-Silva & Malaquias, 2017 -- 1 species
  • genus Odontoglaja Rudman, 1978 -- 2 species
  • genus Philinopsis Pease, 1860 -- 15 species
  • genus Spinoaglaja Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2007 -- 3 species
  • genus Spinophallus Zamora-Silva & Malaquias, 2017 -- 2 species
  • genus Tubulophilinopsis Zamora-Silva & Malaquias, 2017 -- 4 species

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Aglajidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22981 on 2012-06-16
  2. Sea Slug Forum Archived 2009-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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