Runcinidae

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Phylum:Mollusca
Subterclass:Tectipleura
Order:Runcinida
Runcinidae
Karukerina antola (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subterclass: Tectipleura
Order: Runcinida
Superfamily: Runcinoidea
Family: Runcinidae
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Synonyms
  • Ildicidae Burn, 1963
  • Peltidae Vayssière, 1885

Runcinidae is a family of medium-sized sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. They are headshield slugs, in the superfamily Runcinoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[1]

This family has no subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005.

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