Plakobranchoidea

Plakobranchoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks within the superorder Sacoglossa.[1][2]

Plakobranchoidea
Elysia crispata in the family Plakobranchidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Sacoglossa
Superfamily:	Plakobranchoidea Gray, 1840
Families
See text
Synonyms
Limapontioidea Gray, 1847 Placobranchacea Plakobranchacea

Families

Families within the superfamily Plakobranchoidea include:

• Costasiellidae K. B. Clark, 1984
• Hermaeidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
• Limapontiidae Gray, 1847
• Plakobranchidae Gray, 1840
• Platyhedylidae Salvini-Plawen, 1973: belongs to the superfamuily Platyhedyloidea

Synonyms

• Actaeonidae : synonym of Plakobranchidae
• Alderiidae : synonym of Limapontiidae
• Boselliidae Ev. Marcus, 1982 : synonym of Plakobranchidae Gray, 1840
• Caliphyllidae Tiberi, 1881: synonym of Hermaeidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
• Elysiidae: synonym of Plakobranchidae
• Ercolaniinae : synonym of Limapontiidae
• Jenseneriidae Ortea & Moro, 2015: synonym of Caliphyllidae Tiberi, 1881 accepted as Hermaeidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
• Gascoignellidae :synonym of Platyhedylidae
• Lobiferidae : synonym of Caliphyllidae
• Oleidae : synonym of Limapontiidae
• Phyllobranchidae : synonym of Caliphyllidae
• Phyllobranchillidae : synonym of Caliphyllidae
• Placobranchidae: synonym of Plakobranchidae
• Polybranchiidae : synonym of Caliphyllidae
• Pontolimacidae : synonym of Limapontiidae
• Stiligeridae : synonym of Limapontiidae

References

1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Plakobranchoidea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411959 on 2012-03-08
2. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).