Laginiopsidae

Taxobox
name = Laginiopsidae
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Heterobranchia
ordo = Opisthobranchia
subordo = Gymnosomata
familia = Laginiopsidae
familia_authority = (Pruvot-Fol, 1922)
subdivision_ranks = Genera and species
subdivision =
*"Laginiopsis"

Laginiopsidae are a taxonomic family of floating and swimming sea snails, sea slugs or sea angels, pelagic marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the suborder Gymnosomata, the sea angels.

These small pelagic snails lack a shell (except in their early embryonic stage).

They are carnivorous, equipped with swimming parapoda (fleshy, winglike outgrowths), strong jaws and grasping tentacles, often with suckers resembling those of cephalopods.

A more comprehensive discussion can be found under the entry Sea angel.

Genera and species in the family Laginiopsidae

* Genus "Laginiopsis" Pruvot-Fol, 1922
** "Laginiopsis triloba"
*** Distribution: Azores
*** Description: proboscis ends in three fleshy lobes.