Trinchesiidae 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,
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
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s in the superfamily
Fionoidea
Fionoidea is a superfamily of small sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs. They are gastropod mollusks within the suborder Cladobranchia. The families within Fionoidea were shown to be monophyletic on DNA evidence and a re-interpretation of family chara ...
.
Taxonomic history
This family was reinstated as a result of a molecular phylogenetics study.
[Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017)]
Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea.
Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1.
Genera
Genera within the family Trinchesiidae include:
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Catriona
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''
Winckworth, 1941
* ''
Diaphoreolis'' Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923
* ''
Phestilla''
Bergh, 1874
* ''
Rubramoena''
Cella, Carmona, Ekimova, Chichvarkhin, Schepetov & Gosliner, 2016
* ''Selva''
Edmunds, 1964
* ''
Tenellia''
A. Costa, 1866
* ''
Trinchesia''
Ihering, 1879
* ''
Zelentia''
Ihering, 1879
;Genera and subfamilies currently brought into synonymy:
* ''Narraeolida'' Burn, 1961 synonym of ''Trinchesia'' Ihering, 1879
* ''Toorna'' Burn, 1964: synonym of ''Trinchesia'' Ihering, 1879
References
External links
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