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Genus of gastropods For the town in the United States, see Placida, Florida.

Placida
Placida cremoniana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Sacoglossa
Superfamily: Plakobranchoidea
Family: Limapontiidae
Genus: Placida
Trinchese, 1876
Synonyms

Laura Trinchese, 1873 (Invalid: junior homonym of Laura Lacaze-Duthiers, 1873; Placida is a replacement name )

Placida is a genus of very small or minute sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.

Although similar in appearance to nudibranchs, species in this genus are actually Sacoglossans.

Species

Species within this genus include:

Synonyms
  • Placida brevicornis (A. Costa, 1867): synonym of Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
Taxa inquirenda

References

  1. ^ WoRMS : Placida accessed : 13 October 2010]

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Taxon identifiers
Placida


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