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Proctonotidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Janolidae

Rank
  
Family

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Higher classification
  
Nudibranch

Proctonotidae

Similar
  
Nudibranch, Janolus, Molluscs, Gastropods, Tritoniidae

Proctonotidae is a family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs, in the clade Euthyneura.

There are no subfamilies in Proctonotidae according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Genera

Genera in the family Proctonotidae include:

  • Bonisa Gosliner, 1981
  • Caldukia Burn and Miller, 1969
  • Galeojanolus Miller, 1971
  • Janolus Bergh, 1884
  • Proctonotus Alder, 1844
    • Genera brought into synonymy
  • Antiopella Hoyle, 1902: synonym of Janolus Bergh, 1884
  • Janus Vérany, 1844: synonym of Janolus Bergh, 1884

    • References

    Proctonotidae Wikipedia
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