Heterobranchia

Heterobranchia

Taxonavigation[edit]

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclasses (2): Euthyneura - "Lower Heterobranchia"

Superfamiliae Incertae sedis (3†}: †Acteonelloidea – †Nerineoidea – †Streptacidoidea

Familiae Incertae sedis (3†): †Dolomitellidae – †Kuskokwimiidae – †Misurinellidae

Note:: The designation "Lower Heterobranchia" (a temporary WoRMS name pending proper allocation) and the infraclass Euthyneura both now cover all superfamiliae and familiae formerly shown under the now obsolete Opisthobranchia, Pulmonata, Rhodopemorha and Triganglionata.

Name[edit]

Heterobranchia Burmeister, 1837

References[edit]

Burn, R. 2006: A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria science reports, (10) DOI: 10.24199/j.mvsr.2006.10 .Reference page.
Gutiérrez, M.C., Ortea, J.A., Rivero, N., Tucker, G.C., Malaquias, M.A.E. & Narciso, S. 2015. The opisthobranch gastropods (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) from Venezuela: an annotated and illustrated inventory of species. Zootaxa 4034(2): 201–256. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4034.2.1. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Links[edit]

Heterobranchia in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names[edit]

Akan: Nwa
English: Heterobranchs ("different-gilled snails")
日本語: 異鰓上目