Aglaja is a genus of sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aglajidae.[1] The genus is found in all warm and temperate oceans.[2]

Aglaja
Aglaja sp.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Cephalaspidea
Family: Aglajidae
Genus: Aglaja
Renier, 1807
Species

7 species (see text)

Synonyms[1]
  • Doridium Meckel, 1809
  • Doridium (Aglaja) Renier, 1807

Species

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The following species Are recognized:[1]

Synonyms

References

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  1. ^ a b c Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2022). "Aglaja Renier, 1807". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Aglaja Renier, 1807". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

Further reading

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  • Renier, S.A. (1807). Tavole per servire alla classificazione e conoscenza degli animali, [1] + pl. I-VIII. Note: work placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature by ICZN Opinion 427 (1956). Padova (Tipografia del Seminario)
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
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