Platyhedylidae

Platyhedylidae is a family of sacoglossan sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Platyhedylidae.[2]

Platyhedylidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Sacoglossa clade Plakobranchacea
Superfamily:	Plakobranchoidea
Family:	Platyhedylidae Salvini-Plawen, 1973[1]
Synonyms
Gascoignellidae Jensen, 1985

This family has no subfamilies.

Genera and species

There are two genera in the family Platyhedylidae:[3][4] [5]

• 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

References

1. Salvini-Plawen L. von (June 1973). Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 11(2): 128.
2. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
3. 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. doi:10.1098/rstb.1996.0006.
4. Händeler, K.; Grzymbowski, Y. P.; Krug, P. J.; Wägele, H. (2009). "Functional chloroplasts in metazoan cells - a unique evolutionary strategy in animal life". Frontiers in Zoology. 6: 28. doi:10.1186/1742-9994-6-28. PMC 2790442. PMID 19951407.
5. Bouchet, Philippe (2010). "Platyhedylidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-01-22.