Biology:Cuthonellidae

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Short description: Family of gastropods

Cuthonellidae
Trinchesia-concinna.jpg
Cuthonella concinna, Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Family:
Cuthonellidae

Miller, 1971
Genera

See text

Cuthonellidae 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 Cuthonellidae include:

References

  1. Picton, B. (2017). Cuthonellidae Miller, 1971. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-11-01.
  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.

Wikidata ☰ Q48998310 entry