Aglaja tricolorata  Renier, 1807
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Taxonomy:
Class: Gastropoda  Cuvier, 1797
Subclass: Heterobranchia  J.E. Gray, 1840
Clade: Euthyneura  Spengel, 1881
Clade: Euopisthobranchia  Jörger et al., 2010
Clade: Cephalaspidea  P. Fischer, 1883
Superfamily: Philinoidea  J.E. Gray, 1850
Family: Aglajidae  Pilsbry, 1895 (1847)
Genus: Aglaja  Renier, 1807
Species: Aglaja tricolorata  Renier, 1807

previously placed in:
Class: GASTROPODA  Cuvier, 1797
Subclass: OPISTHOBRANCHIA  Milne-Edwards, 1848
Order: CEPHALASPIDEA  Fischer, P., 1883

have a look at
Jörger, Stöger, Kano, Fukuda, Knebelsberger & Schrödl (2010).
"On the origin of Acochlidia and other enigmatic euthyneuran gastropods, with implications for the systematics of Heterobranchia". 
BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 323. 
complete online at  http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/323
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