Proctonotidae

Proctonotidae
Close-up of the anterior half of a live individual of Janolus fuscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia
Family:	Proctonotidae Gray, 1853
Genera
See text
Synonyms
Janinae Gray, 1847 (inv.) Veniliidae Chenu, 1859 (inv.) Antiopidae Locard, 1886 (inv.) Zephyrinidae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923 Janolidae Pruvot-Fol, 1933 Antiopellidae Odhner, 1934

Proctonotidae is a family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs, in the clade Euthyneura.

There are no subfamilies in Proctonotidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Genera

Genera in the family Proctonotidae include:^[1][2]

• Bonisa Gosliner, 1981
• Caldukia Burn and Miller, 1969
• Galeojanolus Miller, 1971
• Janolus Bergh, 1884
• Proctonotus Alder, 1844

Genera brought into synonymy

• Antiopella Hoyle, 1902: synonym of Janolus Bergh, 1884
• Janus Vérany, 1844: synonym of Janolus Bergh, 1884

References

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
• Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (Ed.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp

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