Tergipedidae is a
family
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of
sea slugs, aeolid
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, and
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 ...
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s in the superfamily
Fionoidea (according to the
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Taxonomic history
The bratos in this family were moved to the family
Fionidae as a result of a molecular phylogenetics study. This was reversed and the family Tergipedidae was restricted to the one nominate genus in 2017 as a result of a re-evaluation of this study and further DNA results.
Genera
Genera within the family Tergipedidae include:
[Picton, B.; Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2017)]
Tergipedidae Bergh, 1889.
In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-11-01
* ''
Tergipes'' Cuvier, 1805
;Genera and subfamilies currently brought into synonymy:
* Subfamily Tergipedinae: synonym of Tergipedidae Bergh, 1889
References
External links
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