| Gastropteridae | |
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| Mating pair of Siphopteron quadrispinosum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Philinoidea |
| Family: | Gastropteridae Swainson, 1840 [1] |
| Synonyms | |
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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.
- ^ a b Bouchet, Philippe (2015). "Gastropteridae: Swainson, 1840". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).