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Scyllaeidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Tritonioidea

Higher classification
  
Nudibranch

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Scientific name
  
Scyllaeidae

Rank
  
Family

Scyllaeidae

Similar
  
Nudibranch, Tritoniidae, Scyllaea pelagica, Dotidae, Molluscs

Scyllaeidae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Tritonioidea.

Contents

This family is within the clade Cladobranchia (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Taxonomy

The family Scyllaeidae consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

Genera

Genera in the family Scyllaeidae include:

  • Crosslandia Eliot, 1902
  • Crosslandia daedali Poorman & Mulliner, 1981
  • Crosslandia viridis Eliot, 1903
  • Notobryon Odhner, 1936
  • Scyllaea Linnaeus, 1758
  • Genera brought into synonymy
  • Nerea Lesson, 1831: synonym of Scyllaea Linnaeus, 1758
  • References

    Scyllaeidae Wikipedia