Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Cephalaspidea > Superfamily Philinoidea > Family Aglajidae

Aglaja Renier, 1807

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Doridium*	Meckel, 1809	synonym

Children

Aglaja berrieri (Dieuzeide, 1935)
Aglaja minuta Pruvot-Fol, 1953
Aglaja tricolorata Renier, 1807

Literature

original description	Renier, S.A. (1807). Tavole per servire alla classificazione e conoscenza degli animali, [1] + pl. I-VIII. Note: work placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature by ICZN Opinion 427 (1956). Padova (Tipografia del Seminario)
basis of record	Zamora-Silva A. & Malaquias M.A.E. (2018 [nomenclatural availability: 2017]). Molecular phylogeny of the Aglajidae head-shield sea slugs (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea): new evolutionary lineages revealed and proposal of a new classification. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(1): 1-51.
status source	International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (IZCN). (1977). Opinion 1079. Aglaja Renier [1807], A. depicta Renier [1807] and A. tricolorata Renier [1807] (Mollusca: Gastropoda) rendered available under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 34(1): 16-20.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aglaja Renier, 1807. 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:137637