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See text. Molluscs are animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca. There are around 250000 extant Species within the phylum with an estimated 70000 The class Gastropoda or the gastropods, also previously known as gasteropods, or univalves, and more commonly known as Snails Orthogastropoda is one of two major Taxonomic groupings of snails and slugs an extremely large Subclass within the huge class Gastropoda. Heterobranchia, the heterobranchs, (meaning "different-gilled snails" is a Taxonomic Superorder of sea Snails marine An opisthobranch (ō-pĭsʹthə-brăngk is any member of the very large and diverse group of rather specialized highly evolved marine slugs and snails ( marine Gastropod Sacoglossa, commonly known as the sacoglossans, are a Taxonomic order of small bubble Snails sea Snails and sea Slugs Stiligeridae is a Taxonomic family of small to minute Sacoglossan sea Slugs These are marine Opisthobranch Gastropod |
Elysia is a taxonomic genus of sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. Taxonomy is the practice and science of classification The word comes from the Greek, taxis (meaning 'order' 'arrangement' and, nomos A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Slug is a common non-scientific word which is often applied to any Gastropod mollusk whatsoever that has a very reduced shell a small internal shell Marine is an Umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the Sea or Ocean, such as Marine biology, Marine An opisthobranch (ō-pĭsʹthə-brăngk is any member of the very large and diverse group of rather specialized highly evolved marine slugs and snails ( marine Gastropod The class Gastropoda or the gastropods, also previously known as gasteropods, or univalves, and more commonly known as Snails Molluscs are animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca. There are around 250000 extant Species within the phylum with an estimated 70000
This genus is sometimes considered to be in the family Stiligeridae, or instead may be placed in the family Elysiiidae. In Biological classification, family ( Latin Stiligeridae is a Taxonomic family of small to minute Sacoglossan sea Slugs These are marine Opisthobranch Gastropod
These animals are colorful sea slugs and they resemble nudibranchs, but are not closely related to them. A nudibranch (pronounced (BrE or (AmE is a member of one Suborder of soft-bodied shell-less marine Opisthobranch Gastropod Mollusks
Species
- Elysia canguzua Er. Marcus, 1955
- Elysia catulus (Gould, 1870)
- Elysia chlorotica Gould, 1870 - eastern emerald elysia, emerald elysia
- Elysia cornigera Nuttall, 1989
- Elysia crispata Mørch, 1863 - lettuce slug
- Elysia evelinae Er. Elysia chlorotica is a small-to-medium-sized Species of green sea Slug, a marine Opisthobranch Gastropod Mollusk Elysia crispata, commonly known as the lettuce sea slug, is a large and colorful Species of sea Slug, a marine Opisthobranch Marcus, 1957
- Elysia hedgpethi Er. Marcus, 1961
- Elysia maoria Powell, 1937
- Elysia ornata (Swainson, 1840) - ornate elysia
- Elysia papillosa A. Elysia maoria is a small to medium-sized Species of sea Slug, a marine Opisthobranch Gastropod Mollusk E. Verrill, 1901 - papillose elysia
- Elysia picta A. E. Verrill, 1901 - painted elysia
- Elysia serca Er. Marcus, 1955 - Caribbean seagrass elysia, seagrass elysia
- Elysia subornata A. Elysia subornata is a small Species of sea Slug, a marine Opisthobranch Gastropod Mollusk in the family E. Verrill, 1901
- Elysia tuca Ev. Marcus and Er. Marcus, 1967
- Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Elysia (TSN 77938). Elysia viridis is a small-to-medium-sized Species of green sea Slug, a marine Opisthobranch Gastropod Mollusk Dr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE (4 April 1901 - 1 July 1987 was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and Palaeontologist, a HarperCollins is a Publishing company owned by News Corporation. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Integrated Taxonomic Information System ( ITIS) is a partnership designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the Taxonomy of biological Species
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