Nudipleura
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Nudipleura are a clade
of sea snail
s and sea slug
s, marine
gastropod mollusks within the large clade Heterobranchia
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(2005), the clade
Nudipleura is arranged as follows:
as a separate clade as follows:
Clade
A clade is a group consisting of a species and all its descendants. In the terms of biological systematics, a clade is a single "branch" on the "tree of life". The idea that such a "natural group" of organisms should be grouped together and given a taxonomic name is central to biological...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s and sea slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks within the large clade Heterobranchia
Heterobranchia
Heterobranchia, the heterobranchs or Euthyneura, is a taxonomic clade of snails and slugs, which includes species from the sea, the land and freshwater; marine, aquatic and terrestrial gastropod mollusks....
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2005 taxonomy
In the taxonomy of Bouchet & RocroiTaxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...
(2005), the clade
Clade
A clade is a group consisting of a species and all its descendants. In the terms of biological systematics, a clade is a single "branch" on the "tree of life". The idea that such a "natural group" of organisms should be grouped together and given a taxonomic name is central to biological...
Nudipleura is arranged as follows:
- Clade Nudipleura
- Clade Pleurobranchomorpha
- Clade Nudibranchia
- Clade EuctenidiaceaEuctenidiaceaThe Euctenidiacea are a taxonomic family of sea snails or slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Notaspidea.A phylogenetical study, published in 2000, by Wägele & Willan has shown that the subclade Gnathodoridacea and the subclade Doridacea each form a monophyletic group.In a later study,...
- Clade DexiarchiaDexiarchiaThe Dexiarchia are a clade of sea slugs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Nudipleura.This classification is based on the study by Schrödl et al., published in 2001, who recognized within this clade two clades Pseudoeuctenidiacea and Cladobranchia.- Clade Pseudoeuctenidiacea ...
- Clade Pseudoeuctenidiacea
- Clade CladobranchiaCladobranchiaThe Cladobranchia are a taxonomic clade of nudibranch sea snails or slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Dexiarchia.-Taxonomy:**Family Charcotiidae**Family Dironidae**Family Dotidae**Family Embletoniidae**Family Goniaeolididae**Family Heroidae...
- Clade Euarminida
- Clade Dendronotida
- Clade AeolididaAeolididaThe Aeolidida is a taxonomic clade of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Cladobranchia.-Taxonomy:*Superfamily Flabellinoidea Bergh, 1889**Family Flabellinidae**Family Notaeolidiidae...
- Clade Euctenidiacea
2010 taxonomy
Jörger et al. (2010) have classified Nudipleura within HeterobranchiaHeterobranchia
Heterobranchia, the heterobranchs or Euthyneura, is a taxonomic clade of snails and slugs, which includes species from the sea, the land and freshwater; marine, aquatic and terrestrial gastropod mollusks....
as a separate clade as follows: