Tritoniidae

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Tritoniidae
A live individual of Tritonia festiva in situ
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: Tritoniidae
Menke, 1828
Genera

See text

Synonyms

Duvauceliidae

Tritoniidae is a taxonomic family of dendronotid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs. [1]

Distribution

These nudibranchs occur worldwide in warm and temperate seas.

Genera

Genera in the family Tritoniidae include:

  • Marianina Pruvot-Fol, 1931
  • Marionia Vayssiere, 1877
  • Marioniopsis Odhner, 1934
  • Paratritonia Baba, 1949
  • Tochuina Odhner, 1963
  • Tritonia Cuvier, 1798
  • Tritonidoxa Bergh, 1907
  • Tritoniella Eliot, 1907
  • Tritoniopsilla Pruvot-Fol, 1933
  • Tritoniopsis Eliot, 1905
Genera brought into synonymy
  • Candiella Gray, 1850: synonym of Tritonia Cuvier, 1797
  • Duvaucelia Risso, 1826: synonym of Tritonia Cuvier, 1797
  • Euphurus Rafinesque, 1815: synonym of Tritonia Cuvier, 1797
  • Mariana Pruvot-Fol, 1930: synonym of Marianina Pruvot-Fol, 1931
  • Microlophus Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889: synonym of Tritonia Cuvier, 1797
  • Myrella Odhner, 1963: synonym of Tritonia Cuvier, 1797

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Tritoniidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=183 on 2012-06-07
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