Placida

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Placida
File:Sacoglossa-Placida Cremoniana (16037118829).jpg
Placida cremoniana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Sacoglossa
Superfamily: Plakobranchoidea
Family: Limapontiidae
Genus: Placida
Trinchese, 1876
Synonyms

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

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Species within this genus include:[1]

Synonyms
  • Placida brevicornis (A. Costa, 1867): synonym of Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
Taxa inquirenda

References

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  1. ^ a b WoRMS : Placida accessed : 13 October 2010]
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  • Jensen K.E. (2007) Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55:255–281.
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