Runcina sp. 01  Genus: Forbes & Hanley, 1851
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Taxonomy:
Class: Gastropoda  Cuvier, 1797
Subclass: Heterobranchia   Gray J.E., 1840
Clade: Euthyneura Spengel, 1881 
Clade: Euopisthobranchia Jörger et al., 2010 
Clade:  Runcinacea  Runcinacea
Superfamily: Runcinoidea  Adams, H. & A., 1854 
Family: Runcinidae  Gray, J.E., 1857
Genus: Runcina  Forbes & Hanley, 1851 
Species: Runcina sp. 01  Genus: Forbes & Hanley, 1851

formerly:
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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