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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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| image = Bosellia mimetica.png
| image_caption = ''[[Bosellia mimetica]]'' on ''[[Halimeda tuna]]''. Locality: Mediterranean Sea. The length of the slug is about 1 cm.
| taxon = Bosellia
| authority = [[Salvatore Trinchese|Trinchese]], 1891<ref>[[Salvatore Trinchese|Trinchese S.]] (1891). ''Mem. Accad. Bologna'' (5)'''1''': 271.</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
}}
'''''Bosellia''''' is a [[genus]] of sea [[slugs]] in the family [[Plakobranchidae]].<ref name=WoRMS/>
== Distribution ==
Distribution include warm waters in [[Mediterranean]] and in [[Atlantic Ocean]].<ref name="Jensen 2007"/> Reports from Indo-Pacific were not confirmed.<ref name="Jensen 2007"/>
== Species ==
There are five recognized species in the genus ''Bosellia'':<ref name=WoRMS/>
* ''[[Bosellia cohellia]]'' <small>Marcus, 1978</small>
* ''[[Bosellia corinneae]]'' <small>Marcus, 1973</small>
* ''[[Bosellia curasoae]]'' <small>Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970</small>
* ''[[Bosellia levis]]'' <small>Fernandez-Ovies & Ortea, 1986</small>
* ''[[Bosellia mimetica]]'' <small>Trinchese, 1890</small>
''Bosellia cohellia'' has an uncertain taxonomic status according to Jensen (2007).<ref name="Jensen 2007"/>
[[Phylogenetic]] results by Händeler et al. (2009)<ref name="Händeler 2009"/> indicate that the Caribbean "''Bosellia marcusi''" described by [[Eveline Agnes du Bois-Reymond Marcus]] (1972)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Marcus |first1=Eveline D. B.-R. |title=On Some Opisthobranchs from Florida |journal=Bulletin of Marine Science |date=1972 |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=284–308 |url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1972/00000022/00000002/art00002}}</ref> is a derived species of ''[[Elysia (gastropod)|Elysia]]''. Morphological examination indicates that the parapodia of "''B. marcusi''" have secondarily fused over the dorsum, producing a superficial similarity with ''Bosellia''.<ref name="Händeler 2009"/> ''Bosellia marcusi'' Marcus, 1972 is a synonym for ''[[Elysia marcusi]]'' (Marcus, 1972).<ref name=WoRMS/><ref name="Händeler 2009"/>
==References==
This article incorporates CC-BY-2.0 text from reference.<ref name="Händeler 2009">{{cite journal | author = Händeler K.| author2 = Grzymbowski Y. P.| author3 = Krug P. J.| author4 = Wägele H. | year = 2009 | title = Functional chloroplasts in metazoan cells – a unique evolutionary strategy in animal life | journal = [[Frontiers in Zoology]] | volume = 6 | issue = 1| page = 28 | doi = 10.1186/1742-9994-6-28 | pmid = 19951407 | pmc = 2790442 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
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<ref name="Jensen 2007">{{cite journal |last1=Jensen |first1=Kathe R. |title=Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) |journal=Bonner zoologische Beiträge |date=2004 |volume=55 |pages=255–281 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/120054}}</ref>
<ref name=WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS |title=''Bosellia'' Trinchese, 1891 |year=2024 |id=137696 |db=Marine Mollusca |access-date=24 February 2024}}</ref>
}}
== Further reading ==
* {{cite journal | author = Atucha A. M., Aragonés J. D. R. | year = 1989 | title = The chloroplast-animal association in four Iberian sacoglossan opisthobranchs: ''Elysia timida'', ''Elysia translucens'', ''Thuridilla hopei'' and ''Bosellia mimetica'' | url = http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=2187369 | journal = [[Scientia Marina]] | volume = 53 | issue = 2–3| pages = 429–440 }}
{{Commons category|Bosellia}}
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[[Category:Plakobranchidae]]
[[Category:Gastropod genera]]