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Tethydidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Tethydidae

Higher classification
  
Nudibranch

Superfamily
  
Tritonioidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Family

Tethydidae

Similar
  
Nudibranch, Melibe, Molluscs, Melibe viridis, Gastropods

Tethydidae is a family of dendronotid nudibranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Tritonioidea.

Contents

The original spelling (subfamily) is Tethydia. It was placed on the Official List by Opinion 1182 of ICZN (1981: 174), which also ruled that the name should be corrected to Tethydidae (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Taxonomy

This family is within the clade Cladobranchia and has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Genera

There are two genera within the family Tethydidae:

  • Melibe Rang, 1829
  • Tethys Linnaeus, 1767 - the type genus, with only one species Tethys fimbria Linnaeus, 1767
    • Genera brought into synonymy 
  • Chioraera Gould, 1852 accepted as Melibe Rang, 1829
  • Jacunia de Filippi, 1867 accepted as Melibe Rang, 1829
  • Melibaea synonym of Melibe Rang, 1829
  • Propemelibe Allan, 1932 accepted as Melibe Rang, 1829

    • Description

    Species in this family do not possess a radula.

    References

    Tethydidae Wikipedia
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