Cuthonellidae
| Cuthonellidae | |
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| Cuthonella concinna, Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Cuthonellidae Miller, 1971 |
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Cuthonellidae is a family of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea.[1]
Taxonomic history
[edit]This family was reinstated as a result of a molecular phylogenetics study.[2]
Genera
[edit]Genera within the family Cuthonellidae include:
- Cuthonella Bergh, 1884
References
[edit]- ^ Picton, B. (2017). Cuthonellidae Miller, 1971. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-11-01.
- ^ 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.