Embletoniidae

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Embletoniidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

Family: Embletoniidae
Pruvot-Fol, 1954
Species

Embletonia gracilis

Embletoniidae is a family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs, in the clade Nudipleura. There are no subfamilies in the Embletoniidae.[1]

This family was placed in Dendronotida by Miller & Willan (1991), otherwise it is traditionnally placed close to Tergipedidae.[2]

There is one genus:

  • Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851[2]
    • Embletonia gracilis Risbec, 1928
    • Embletonia pulchra (Alder & Hancock, 1844)[3]
Genera brought into synonymy
  • Embletoniella Baba, 1967: synonym of Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851
  • Pterochilus Alder & Hancock, 1844: synonym of Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1–2). 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gofas, S. (2013). Embletoniidae Pruvot-Fol, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153452 on 2013-09-09
  3. ↑ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138544 on 2013-09-09
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