Asperspina

Asperspina is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks within the clade Acochlidiacea.

Asperspina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Acochlidiacea clade Microhedylacea
Family:	Asperspinidae Rankin, 1979
Genus:	Asperspina Rankin, 1979 [1]
Diversity[2]
5 species
Synonyms
Anademaria Rankin, 1979 Antemnella Rankin, 1979 Minicheviellidae Starobogatov, 1983 Minicheviella Starobogatov, 1983

Taxonomy

Asperspinidae has been listed as a synonym of Parhedylidae in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005).^[3]

Sensu Schrödl & Neusser (2010)^[2] is Asperspina is the only genus in the family Asperspinidae.^[2] Minicheviellidae is a junior synonym of Asperspinidae.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Asperspina include:

• Asperspina brambelli (Swedmark, 1968)^[2]
• Asperspina murmanica (Kudinskaya & Minichev, 1978)^[2] - synonym: Minicheviella murmanica (Kuchinskaja & Minichev, 1978)
• Asperspina rhopalotecta Salvini-Plawen, 1973^[2]
• Asperspina loricata (Swedmark, 1968)^[2]
• Asperspina riseri (Morse, 1976)^[2]