Biology:Cuthonidae

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Short description: Family of gastropods

Cuthonidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Family:
Cuthonidae

Odhner, 1934
Genera

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Cuthonidae is a family of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea.[1]

Taxonomic history

This family was reinstated as a result of a molecular phylogenetics study.[2]

Genera

Genera within the family Cuthonidae include:

  • Bohuslania Korshunova, Lundin, Malmberg, Picton & Martynov, 2018
  • Cuthona Alder & Hancock, 1855

References

  1. Picton, B.; Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Cuthonidae Odhner, 1934. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-11-02.
  2. Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q18327582 entry