Pleurolidiidae

Pleurolidiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Nudipleura ; clade Nudibranchia ; clade Dexiarchia ; clade Cladobranchia
Superfamily:	Aeolidioidea
Family:	Pleurolidiidae; Burn, 1966
Genera
	See text

Pleurolidiidae is a family of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, within the superfamily Aeolidioidea.

Genera and species[]

Genera and species within the family Pleurolidiidae include:^[1]

Pleurolidia Burn, 1966
- Pleurolidia juliae Burn, 1966
Protaeolidiella Baba, 1955
- Protaeolidiella atra Baba, 1955

Pleurolidia juliae and Protaeolidiella atra are sister species according to DNA evidence and are poorly supported as members of the polyphyletic Facelinidae. As the family Facelinidae will be revised in the near future these species are currently placed in Pleurolidiidae.^[2]

References[]

^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Pleurolidiidae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-14
^ Carmona, Leila; Pola, Marta; Gosliner, Terrence M.; Cervera, Juan Lucas (January 2015). "Protaeolidiella atra Baba, 1955 versus Pleurolidia juliae Burn, 1966: One or two species?". Helgoland Marine Research. doi:10.1007/s10152-014-0422-3.

[WoRMS-1] Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Pleurolidiidae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-14

[2] Carmona, Leila; Pola, Marta; Gosliner, Terrence M.; Cervera, Juan Lucas (January 2015). "Protaeolidiella atra Baba, 1955 versus Pleurolidia juliae Burn, 1966: One or two species?". Helgoland Marine Research. doi:10.1007/s10152-014-0422-3.

[1]

[2]