Rhodopidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Murchisonelloidea.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Murchisonelloidea |
| Family: | Rhodopidae Ihering, 1876 |
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Genera
editGenera include:[1]
- Helminthope Salvini-Plawen, 1991
- Rhodope Koelliker, 1847
- Genera brought into synonymy
- Sidonia Schulze, 1854: synonym of Rhodope Koelliker, 1847
Taxonomy
editMolecular work has shown that this family is a basal clade of heterobranch Mollusca. Anatomically aberrant, Rhodopidae have been shown to be related to snails of the family Murchisonellidae which all have a narrow shell with many whorls.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Rhodopidae Ihering, 1876. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23111 on 2015-04-14
- ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
- ^ Wilson, N. G.; Jörger, K. M.; Brenzinger, B.; Schrödl, M. (2017). Phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic worm-like Rhodopemorpha slugs as basal Heterobranchia. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 1-10.
Further reading
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- Haszprunar, G. and G. Huber. (1990). On the central nervous system of Smeagolidae and Rhodopidae, two families questionably allied to the Gymnomorpha (Gastropoda, Euthyneura). Journal of Zoology 220: 185–199.
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