OPISTHOBRANCHIA
(opisthobranchs)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderOPISTHOBRANCHIA (opisthobranchs)
ClassGASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anderson, J. Scottish Nudibranchs www.scottishnudibranchs.co.uk
() Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland Marine Slugs www.conchsoc.org/groupbrowser/Marine%20slug
Mugga Ekonomisk Förening Mugga www.mugga.se
Pruvot-fol, A. 1954 *** Mollusques Opisthobranches ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 58, 460pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
in the field() Thompson, T.E. & Brown, G.H. 1976 *** British Opisthobranch Molluscs ***(Superseded) Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 8, 203pp, The Linnean Society of London
Thompson, T.E. 1988 Molluscs: Benthic Opisthobranchs (2nd ed) Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 9, 2nd edition edition, The Linnean Society of London

OPISTHOBRANCHIA (opisthobranchs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for OPISTHOBRANCHIA (opisthobranchs)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for OPISTHOBRANCHIA (opisthobranchs)
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