Rhodopidae
| Rhodopidae | |
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| Live individual of Rhodope veranii | |
| Helminthope psammobionta dorsal view schematic | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Infraclass: | Mesoneura |
| Superfamily: | Rhodopoidea |
| Family: | Rhodopidae Ihering, 1876 |
| Type genus | |
| Rhodope Kölliker, 1847
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| Genera | |
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Rhodopidae is a family of sea slugs. Rhodopids are small, meiofaunal organisms with worm-like body plans that differ considerably from a typical gastropod body plan, to the point that Rhodope was at one point classified as a flatworm. They have no shell. Two genera are currently recognized within the family, Rhodope and Helminthope. Helminthope has been described as the most worm-like gastropod.