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Rhodopoidea Ihering, 1876<\/h2>\n

\"Rhodope<\/div>
Rhodope roskoi @ Granada<\/em> by David Ballesteros<\/center><\/span>

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WoRMS Taxonomic Information<\/h3>
Current accepted name: Rhodopoidea<\/em> Ihering, 1876<\/strong><\/div>

Current classification<\/h4>
Superdomain<\/th>Biota<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Kingdom<\/th>Animalia<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Phylum<\/th>Mollusca<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Class<\/th>Gastropoda<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Subclass<\/th>Heterobranchia<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Infraclass<\/th>Mesoneura<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Superfamily<\/th>Rhodopoidea<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table>

Classification provided by the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). [1060136<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>Taxonomically placed within the Mesoneura group, the Rhodopoidea form a group of sea slugs, with the category of superfamily, which do not have a shell, have a worm-like body, and are microscopic. They live among the grains of sand of certain seabeds. Their diet is unknown.<\/p>\n

Mesopsammic heterobranchs are key elements to resolve the internal relationships of the different groups of Heterobranchia, where there are many unresolved positions, phylogenetically speaking. Certain key taxa, such as the Rhodopemorpha and the Acteonimorpha will apparently allow to clarify the key anatomical features that have led to the adaptation and diversification of the Heterobranchia.<\/p>\n

However, very few studies have been conducted focusing on the diversity of mesopsamic gastropods (e.g. Arnaud et al. 1986; Neusser et al. 2021) and even fewer in Mediterranean waters (e.g. Poizat 1984; J\u00f6rger et al. 2010). Among these works, there are very few studies of living interstitial heterobranchs, although vital traits are essential when a shell is not available to differentiate species.<\/p>\n

Taxonomy of the Rhodopoidea<\/h4>\n

Rhodopoidea Ihering, 1876<\/strong><\/p>\n