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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Panpulmonata
SuperOrdo: Sacoglossa
Superfamilia: Limapontioidea
Familiae: Caliphyllidae - Costasiellidae - Hermaeidae - Limapontiidae
Name
Limapontioidea Gray, 1847

Limapontioidea are a superseded superfamily of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks within the superorder Sacoglossa. [1]

It is now accepted as a synonym of the superfamily Plakobranchoidea Gray, 1840. [2]
Families

Families within the superfamily Limapontioidea include:

Family Caliphyllidae Tiberi, 1881
Family Costasiellidae K. B. Clarke, 1984
Family Hermaeidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Family Limapontiidae Gray, 1847

Families and subfamilies brought into synonymy

Alderiidae : synonym of Limapontiidae
Costasiellidae : synonym of Limapontiidae
Ercolaniinae : synonym of Limapontiidae
Lobiferidae : synonym of Caliphyllidae
Oleidae : synonym of Limapontiidae
Phyllobranchidae : synonym of Caliphyllidae
Phyllobranchillidae : synonym of Caliphyllidae
Polybranchiidae : synonym of Caliphyllidae
Pontolimacidae : synonym of Limapontiidae
Stiligeridae : synonym of Limapontiidae

References

MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Plakobranchoidea Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411959 on 2020-11-05
Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).

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