Proctonotidae is a

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

of sea slugs,

nudibranch Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs, belonging to the order Nudibranchia, that shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have b ...

s, marine

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

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s, in the clade

Euthyneura Euthyneura is a taxonomic infraclass of snails and slugs, which includes species exclusively from marine, aquatic and terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the clade Heterobranchia. Euthyneura are characterised by several autapomorphies, bu ...

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Proctonotidae Gray, 1853.
Accessed on 2020-10-20.

Genera

Genera in the family Proctonotidae include: * '' Caldukia'' Burn and Miller, 1969 * '' Proctonotus'' Alder, 1844 ;Genera brought into synonymy: * ''Venilia'' Alder & Hancock, 1844: synonym of ''Proctonotua'' Alder & Hancock, 1844 * ''Zephyrina'' Quatrefages, 1844: synonym of ''Proctonotus'' Alder & Hancock, 1844

References

* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp {{Taxonbar, from=Q3198665 Taxa named by John Edward Gray