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Opisthobranchia

Rank: Infraclass
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Acochlidiacea Odhner, 1937
Anaspidea Fischer, 1883
Cephalaspidea P. Fischer, 1883
Gymnosomata Blainville, 1824
Nudibranchia Cuvier, 1817
Pleurobranchomorpha
Runcinacea Burn, 1963
Sacoglossa Ihering, 1876
Thecosomata Blainville, 1824
Umbraculida Odhner, 1939

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: achterkieuwige slakken; achterkieuwigen sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.;Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.

English: sea slugs sources: Hayward, P.J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. 352 pp.

English-United States: sea slugs sources: Charles Hussey

Swedish: bakgälade snäckor

Literature

basis of record	An outline for the classification of Phylum Mollusca in taxonomic databases [report elaborated by WoRMS editors for internal use, june 2010]

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External Links

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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Opisthobranchia. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382226