Costasiella cf. kuroshimae  Ichikawa, 1993
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Taxonomy:
Class: Gastropoda  Cuvier, 1797
Subclass: Heterobranchia  J.E. Gray, 1840
Clade: Euthyneura  Spengel, 1881
Clade: Panpulmonata  Jörger et al., 2010
Clade: Sacoglossa  von Ihering, 1876
Superfamily: Limapontioidea  J.E. Gray, 1847
Family: Limapontiidae  J.E. Gray, 1847
Genus: Costasiella  Pruvot-Fol, 1951
Species: Costasiella cf. kuroshimae  Ichikawa, 1993

formerly:
Class: GASTROPODA   Cuvier, 1797 
Subclass: OPISTHOBRANCHIA Milne-Edwards, 1848 
Order: SACOGLOSSA  von Ihering, 1876 

Jörger et al. (2010) have moved Sacoglossa to Panpulmonata
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. online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/323
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