Calliopaea

Calliopaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia informal groupOpisthobranchia clade Sacoglossa clade Plakobranchacea
Superfamily:	Limapontioidea
Family:	Limapontiidae
Genus:	Calliopaea d'Orbigny, 1837 [1]
Type species
Calliopaea bellula d'Orbigny, 1837
Synonyms[1]
Custiphorus Deshayes, 1853

Calliopaea is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae. These are sacoglossan sea slugs.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Calliopaea include:

• Calliopaea bellula d'Orbigny, 1837
• Calliopaea oophaga Lemche in Gascoigne & Sartory, 1974
• Calliopaea rissoana Milne-Edwards, 1842
• Calliopaea souleyeti Vérany, 1846

References

1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Calliopaea d'Orbigny, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138522 on 2011-04-12

• Jensen, K.R. (2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)". Bonner Zoologische Beiträge. 55: 255–281.