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Elysiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Heterobranchia
Order: Opisthobranchia
Suborder: Sacoglossa
Family: Elysiidae
Forbes & Hanley, 1851
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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

Elysiidae is a family of gastropod sea slugs resembling nudibranchs. In Biological classification, family ( Latin The class Gastropoda or the gastropods, also previously known as gasteropods, or univalves, and more commonly known as Snails A nudibranch (pronounced (BrE or (AmE is a member of one Suborder of soft-bodied shell-less marine Opisthobranch Gastropod Mollusks They are members of the suborder Sacoglossa in the order Opisthobranchia. This article is about the taxonomic rank for the sequence of species in a taxonomic list see Taxonomic order In scientific classification used Sacoglossa, commonly known as the sacoglossans, are a Taxonomic order of small bubble Snails sea Snails and sea Slugs This article is about the taxonomic rank for the sequence of species in a taxonomic list see Taxonomic order In scientific classification used 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

This family was originally described as Elysiadae by Forbes & Hanley in 1851 in the book A history of British Mollusca and their Shells 3:613. In the new taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), the family Elysiidae is considered a synonym of the family Placobranchidae Gray, 1840

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