Hedylopsis

Hedylopsis is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks within the clade Acochlidiacea.

Hedylopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Acochlidiacea
clade Hedylopsacea
Family:
Hedylopsidae

Odhner, 1952
Genus:
Hedylopsis

Thiele, 1931
Diversity[1]
2 species
Synonyms[2]

Hedylidae Bergh, 1895 (inv.)

Taxonomy

Hedylopsidae has been classified within the superfamily Hedylopsoidea in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005).[2]

Sensu Schrödl & Neusser (2010)[1] Hedylopsis is the only genus in the family Hedylopsidae.[1] It is placed within unranked clade Hedylopsacea.[1]

Species

There are only two species in the genus Hedylopsis:[1]

  • Hedylopsis spiculifera (Kowalevsky, 1901)[1]
  • Hedylopsis ballantinei Sommerfeldt & Schrödl, 2005[1]

References
  1. Schrödl M. & Neusser T. P. (2010). "Towards a phylogeny and evolution of Acochlidia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158: 124-154. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00544.x.
  2. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
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