Rhodope (gastropod)
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| Rhodope | |
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| A specimen of Rhodope veranii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Infraclass: | Mesoneura |
| Superfamily: | Rhodopoidea |
| Family: | Rhodopidae |
| Genus: | Rhodope Koelliker, 1847 |
| Type species | |
| Rhodope veranii Koelliker, 1847 (monotypy) | |
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Rhodope is a genus of small meiofaunal sea slugs, shell-less vermiform gastropod mollusks in the family Rhodopidae. Their worm-like body structure differs considerably from typical gastropods, to the point of being mistaken for flatworms in the past.[2]