Placida

For the town in the United States, see Placida, Florida.
Placida
Placida cremoniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
informal group Opisthobranchia
clade Sacoglossa
clade Plakobranchacea
Superfamily: Limapontioidea
Family: Limapontiidae
Genus: Placida
Trinchese, 1876
Species

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Synonyms[1]

Laura Trinchese, 1873 (Invalid: junior homonym of Laura Lacaze-Duthiers, 1873; Placida is a replacement name )

Placida is a genus of very small or minute sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.[1]

Although similar in appearance to nudibranchs, species in this genus are actually Sacoglossans.

Species

Species within this genus include:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 WoRMS : Placida accessed : 13 October 2010]


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