Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura

Sacoglossa

Rank: Superorder
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Oxynooidea Stoliczka, 1868 (1847)
Plakobranchoidea Gray, 1840
Platyhedyloidea Salvini-Plawen, 1973

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: kieuwloze zeenaaktslakken sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

Japanese: 嚢舌目

Literature

basis of record	Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.
basis of record	Jensen, K.R. (2007). Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge. 55: 255–281.
additional source	Hirokane, Y.; Miyamoto, A.; Kitaura, J.; Nakano, R.; Hirano, Y. M.; Kawane, M.; Yusa, Y. (2021). Phylogeny and evolution of functional chloroplast retention in sacoglossan sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). Organisms Diversity & Evolution.
taxonomy source	Maeda T., Kajita T., Maruyama T. & Hirano Y. (2010) Molecular phylogeny of the Sacoglossa, with a discussion of gain and loss of kleptoplasty in the evolution of the group. Biological Bulletin 219: 17-26.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sacoglossa. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167