Bosellia | |
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Bosellia mimetica on Halimeda tuna. Locality: Mediterranean Sea. The length of the slug is about 1 cm. | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Sacoglossa clade Placobranchacea |
Superfamily: | Placobranchoidea |
Family: | Boselliidae Ev. Marcus, 1982[1] |
Genus: | Bosellia Trinchese, 1891[2] |
Bosellia is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Placobranchoidea.[3]
Bosellia is the only genus in the family Boselliidae.[4][5] Such families are monotypic families and this family has no subfamilies.
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Distribution include warm waters in Mediterranean and in Atlantic ocean.[6] Reports from Indo-Pacific were not confirmed.[6]
Species within the genus Bosellia include 3 species and one with uncertain taxonomic status[6]:
Phylogenetic results by Händeler et al. (2009)[5] indicate that the Caribbean "Bosellia marcusi" described by Eveline Agnes du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1972)[7] is a derived species of Elysia. Morphological examination indicates that the parapodia of "B. marcusi" have secondarily fused over the dorsum, producing a superficial similarity with Bosellia. Bosellia marcusi Marcus, 1972 is a synonym for Elysia marcusi (Marcus, 1972).[5]
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