Hydromylidae

Hydromylidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade Gymnosomata
Superfamily: Hydromyloidea
Family: Hydromylidae
(Pruvot-Fol, 1942)
Genus

The Hydromylidae are a taxonomic family of small sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the suborder Gymnosomata, the sea angels.

Hydromyles species are pelagic, carnivorous and viviparous.

Description

The small pelagic snails lack shells (except in their early embryonic stage). They are carnivores, equipped with swimming parapoda (fleshy, wing-like outgrowths), strong jaws and grasping tentacles, often with suckers resembling those of cephalopods.

Genera and species

Genera and species within the family Hydromylidae include: Genus Hydromyles Gistl, 1848

References and external links

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