Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Cephalaspidea > Superfamily Philinoidea

Aglajidae Pilsbry, 1895 (1847)

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Aglaja Renier, 1807
Biuve Zamora-Silva & Malaquias, 2017
Camachoaglaja Zamora-Silva & Malaquias, 2017
Chelidonura A. Adams, 1850
Mannesia Zamora-Silva & Malaquias, 2017
Melanochlamys Cheeseman, 1881
Odontoglaja Rudman, 1978
Philinissima Chaban, Ekimova & Schepetov, 2023
Philinopsis Pease, 1860
Spinoaglaja Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2007

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: カノコキセワタガイ科

Literature

original description	Pilsbry, H. A. (1895-1896). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 1. Vol. 16: Philinidae, Gastropteridae, Aglajidae, Aplysiidae, Oxynoeidae, Runcinidae, Umbraculidae, Pleurobranchidae. pp vii, 1-262, pls 1-74. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-48, pls. 1-16, Aug. 20, 1895; pp. 49-112, pls. 17-31, Nov. 26, 1895; pp. 113-160, pls. 32-43, Mar. 13, 1896; pp. 161-262, pls. 44-74, Sept. 23, 1896; pp. i-vii, Sept. 23, 1896].
basis of record	Zamora-Silva A. & Malaquias M.A.E. (2018 [nomenclatural availability: 2017]). Molecular phylogeny of the Aglajidae head-shield sea slugs (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea): new evolutionary lineages revealed and proposal of a new classification. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(1): 1-51.
additional source	Rudman, W. B. (1974). A comparison of Chelidonura, Navanax and Aglaja with other Genera of the Aglajidae (Opisthobranchia: Gastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 54: 185-212.
additional source	Camacho-García, Y. E.; Ornelas-Gatdula, E.; Gosliner, T. M.; Valdés, A. (2013). Phylogeny of the family Aglajidae (Pilsbry, 1895) (Heterobranchia Cephalaspidea) inferred from mtDNA and nDNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 71: 113-126.
status source	International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (IZCN). (1977). Opinion 1079. Aglaja Renier [1807], A. depicta Renier [1807] and A. tricolorata Renier [1807] (Mollusca: Gastropoda) rendered available under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 34(1): 16-20.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aglajidae Pilsbry, 1895 (1847). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22981