Tritoniidae

Tritoniidae
A live individual of Tritonia festiva in situ
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superfamily: Tritonioidea
Family: Tritoniidae
Menke, 1828
Genera

See text

Synonyms

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

  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
  • 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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