Runcinidae

Taxobox
name = Runcinidae


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Heterobranchia
ordo = Opisthobranchia
subordo = Cephalaspidea
superfamilia = Philinoidea
familia = Runcinidae
familia_authority = H. and A. Adams, 1854
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.

Runcinidae is a family of medium-sized, sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. They are headshield slugs, in the suborder Cephalaspidea.

Description

These are very small slug-like animals. The shell is either a vestigial internal remnant, or is entirely absent.

Genera within the family Runcinidae

* "Lapinura" Er. Marcus and Ev. Marcus, 1970
* "Pseudoilbia" Miller and Riudman, 1968
* "Runcina" Forbes and Hanley, 1851
* "Runcinella" Odhner, 1924
* "Runnica" Miller and Riudman, 1968

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References

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* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1