Philinopsis | |
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A live individual of Philinopsis speciosa in situ | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Cephalaspidea |
Family: | Aglajidae |
Genus: | Philinopsis Pease, 1860[1] |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Philiopsis is a genus of often colorful, medium-sized sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. These are not nudibranchs; instead they are headshield slugs, in the clade Cephalaspidea.[1]