Scyllaeidae

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Scyllaeidae
A live individual of the iridescent nudibranch, Notobryon wardi, head end towards the left
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Dendronotida

Superfamily: Tritonioidea
Family: Scyllaeidae
Alder & Hancock, 1855
Synonyms

Tritonioidea

Scyllaeidae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Tritonioidea. [1]

This family is within the clade Cladobranchia (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Taxonomy

The family Scyllaeidae consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

Genera

Genera in the family Scyllaeidae include:

  • Crosslandia Eliot, 1902
    • Crosslandia daedali Poorman & Mulliner, 1981
    • Crosslandia viridis Eliot, 1903
  • Notobryon Odhner, 1936
  • Scyllaea Linnaeus, 1758
Genera brought into synonymy
  • Nerea Lesson, 1831: synonym of Scyllaea Linnaeus, 1758

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Scyllaeidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23115 on 2012-06-07

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