Julia exquisita  Gould, 1862
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Taxonomy:
Class: Gastropoda  Cuvier, 1797
Subclass: Heterobranchia  Gray, J.E., 1840
Clade: Euthyneura  Spengel, 1881
Clade: Panpulmonata  Jörger et al., 2010
Clade: Sacoglossa  von Ihering, 1876
Subclade: Oxynoacea  Odhner, 1939
Superfamily: Oxynooidea  Adams, H. & A., 1854
Family: Juliidae  Smith, E.A., 1885
Genus: Julia  Gould, 1862
Species: Julia exquisita  Gould, 1862

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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