Mariaglaja, Zamora-Silva & Malaquias, 2018

Zamora-Silva, Andrea & Malaquias, Manuel António E., 2018, Molecular phylogeny of the Aglajidae head-shield sea slugs (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea): new evolutionary lineages revealed and proposal of a new classification, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183, pp. 1-51 : 38

GENUS MARIAGLAJA GEN. NOV.

( FIGS 3F, 5I, 6F; TABLES 1 AND 2)

Type species: Chelidonura alexisi Gosliner, 2015 . By subsequent designation.

Diagnosis: Live animals up to 10 mm in length. Body elongated-narrow; cephalic shield trilobed, middle lobe sometimes with small indent, lateral lobes rounded to triangular, expanded outwards, elongated, comprising two thirds of body length; posterior shield with asymmetrical caudal lobes, left one longer and fleshier, right lobe reduced, nearly invisible ( Fig. 3F). Brown-reddish shell, calcified, spoon-shaped with acuminated shoul- der or with extended whorl ( Figs 5I, 6F). Buccal bulb reduced, with microscopic labial spines on the lips. Penial papilla conical, with small chitinous hooks or spines ( Gosliner 1987, 2015).

Type locality: Batangas, The Philippines .

Etymology: This genus is named after María Luisa Silva Villanueva, mother of Andrea Zamora-Silva.