Fionoidea

Fionoidea
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily:
Gray, 1857
Families
See text
Synonyms
  • Flabellinoidea Bergh, 1889

Fionoidea is a superfamily of small sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs. They are gastropod mollusks within the suborder Cladobranchia.[1] The families within Fionoidea were shown to be monophyletic on DNA evidence and a re-interpretation of family characteristics was provided.[2]

Families

Families within the superfamily Fionoidea are as follows:[1]

  • Abronicidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
  • Apataidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
  • Calmidae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923
  • Coryphellidae Bergh, 1889
  • Cumanotidae Odhner, 1907
  • Cuthonellidae Miller, 1971
  • Cuthonidae Odhner, 1934
  • Eubranchidae Odhner, 1934
  • Fionidae Gray, 1857
  • Magallanidae Ortea & Moro, 2020
  • Murmaniidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
  • Paracoryphellidae M. C. Miller, 1971
  • Pinufiidae Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1960
  • Pseudovermidae Thiele, 1931
  • Samlidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
  • Tergipedidae Bergh, 1889
  • Trinchesiidae F. Nordsieck, 1972
  • Unidentiidae Millen & Hermosillo, 2012
  • Xenocratenidae Martynov, Lundin, Picton, Fletcher, Malmber &Korshunova, 2020

References

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, Philippe (2017). "Fionoidea". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  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.