Trinchesiidae
dorsal view of Trinchesia caerulea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Nordsieck, 1972
Genera

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Trinchesiidae is a family of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea.[1]

Taxonomic history

This family was reinstated as a result of a molecular phylogenetics study.[2]

Genera

Genera within the family Trinchesiidae include:

Genera and subfamilies currently brought into synonymy
  • Narraeolida Burn, 1961 synonym of Trinchesia Ihering, 1879
  • Toorna Burn, 1964: synonym of Trinchesia Ihering, 1879

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Picton, B.; Gofas, S. (2017). Trinchesiidae F. Nordsieck, 1972. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-11-01
  2. Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1.
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