Calliopaea

Calliopaea is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae. These are sacoglossan sea slugs.[1]

Calliopaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
informal groupOpisthobranchia
clade Sacoglossa
clade Plakobranchacea
Superfamily:
Limapontioidea
Family:
Limapontiidae
Genus:
Calliopaea

d'Orbigny, 1837 [1]
Type species
Calliopaea bellula d'Orbigny, 1837
Synonyms[1]

Custiphorus Deshayes, 1853

Species

Species within the genus Calliopaea include:

  • Calliopaea bellula d'Orbigny, 1837
  • Calliopaea oophaga Lemche in Gascoigne & Sartory, 1974
  • Calliopaea rissoana Milne-Edwards, 1842
  • Calliopaea souleyeti Vérany, 1846

References
  1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Calliopaea d'Orbigny, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138522 on 2011-04-12
  • Jensen, K.R. (2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)". Bonner Zoologische Beiträge. 55: 255–281.


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