Tritoniidae
| Tritoniidae | |
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| A live individual of Tritonia festiva in situ | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Tritonioidea |
| Family: | Tritoniidae Menke, 1828 |
| Genera | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Duvauceliidae | |
The Tritoniidae are a taxonomic family of dendronotid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs. [1] These nudibranchs occur worldwide in warm and temperate seas. The 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
- ↑ 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
- Thompson, T. E., & Brown, G.H., 1984. Biology of opisthobranch Molluscs. Vol. 2. Ray Society; London. 1-229, p.10
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- AnimalDiversity
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
- "Tritoniidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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