Gastropteridae

Gastropteridae
Mating pair of Siphopteron quadrispinosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superfamily: Philinoidea
Family: Gastropteridae
Swainson, 1840 [1]
Synonyms

Gasteropteridae (misspelling)[1]

Gastropteridae, the bat-winged slugs, is a family of sea slugs, gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Philinoidea of the clade Cephalaspidea, the headshield slugs and bubble snails.[2] The greatest diversity of these colourful small slugs is in the tropical and sub-tropical Indo-Pacific region.

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, Philippe (2015). "Gastropteridae: Swainson, 1840". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).