Scaphis
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Scaphis is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of air-breathing sea slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...

s, a shell-less marine
Marine (ocean)
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 pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
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 Onchidiidae
Onchidiidae
Onchidiidae are a family of small, air-breathing sea slugs. They are shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod molluscs. Onchidiidae is the only family within the superfamily Onchidioidea....

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Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species
World Register of Marine Species
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 (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Scaphis :
  • Scaphis astridae (Labbé, 1934)
  • Scaphis atra (Lesson, 1830)
  • Scaphis carbonaria
    Scaphis carbonaria
    Scaphis carbonaria is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae....

    Labbé, 1934
  • Scaphis gravieri
    Scaphis gravieri
    Scaphis gravieri is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae....

    Labbé, 1934
  • Scaphis lata
    Scaphis lata
    Scaphis lata is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae....

    Labbé, 1934
  • Scaphis punctata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
  • Scaphis straelenii (Labbé, 1934)
  • Scaphis tonkinensis
    Scaphis tonkinensis
    Scaphis tonkinensis is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae....

    Labbé, 1934
  • Scaphis viridis
    Scaphis viridis
    Scaphis viridis is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae....

    Labbé, 1934
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