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Fam. Aplysiidae. — Characters those of the section. Genera : 

 Aplysia (Fig. 287 D), shell arched, flattened, animal large (the 

 "sea hare ") ; Dolahella^ shell sub-triangular (Fig. 286 F) ; Dola- 

 hrifer^ shell sub-quadrangular, not spiral ; JVotarchus, shell micro- 

 scopic, spiral ; Phyllaplysia^ body very depressed, oval, no shell. 



Section III. Fleurobranchoidea. — Dorsal region pro- 

 tected by a wide notaeinn or dorsal covering, or by a shell ; no 

 epipodia, ctenidium large, external, between the right under 

 surface of the notaeum or shell and the foot; head short, shell 

 present or absent. 



Fam. 1. Pleurohranehidae. — Shell internal or absent, notaeum 

 with spicules, radula multiseriate. Genera : Pleurohranchus 

 (Fig. 286 H), (?) Haliotinella^ Pleurohranchaea, (?) Neda. 



Fam. 2. Runcinidae. — Branchial lamellae few, under the 

 posterior right notaeum, no shell. Single genus, Riuicina, 



Fam. 3. Umhrellidae. — Shell external, depressed patellif orm, 

 not covering all the animal ; foot very thick, ctenidium large, 

 head depressed, small ; radula multiseriate, teeth innumerable, 

 very small. Genera: Umhrella (Fig. 5a, p. 10), Tylodina. 



Section IV. Siphonarioidea. — Shell patelliform, bran- 

 chia replaced wholly or in part by a pulmonary sac, pulmonary 

 orifice closed by a small lobe, radula multiseriate, teeth very 

 small. 



Fam. Siphonariidae. — Characters those of the section. 

 Genera : SipJionaria (branchia as well as pulmonary sac), Gad- 

 inia (no branchia). These genera, hitherto placed among the 

 Pulmonata, have been recently shown (see p. 19) to be modified 

 Opisthobranchiata. 

 ^ Sub-order II. Ascoglossa.^ — Branchia, mantle cavity, and 

 shell generally wanting, liver ramified, rami enclosed in external 

 papillae (cerata) or beneath the dorsal surface, kidney not com- 

 pact, branched ; radula with one series of strong teeth (Fig. 288), 

 worn out teeth at the front end not dropping off, but preserved 

 in a special sac (acr/co?). 



According to Bergh, the Ascoglossa form a link between the 

 Tectibranchiata, — especially the Aplysiidae and Bullidae — and 



1 In deference to Bergh's high authority, the position of a sub-order is here 

 given to the Ascoglossa. It may be doubted whether that position will stand the 

 test of further investigation, and whether the families concerned will not be added 

 to the Cladohepatic Nudibranchs. 



