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Cuthonidae

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Cuthonidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Cuthonidae
Odhner, 1934
Genera

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Cuthonidae is a family of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea.[1]

Taxonomic history

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This family was reinstated as a result of a molecular phylogenetics study.[2]

Genera

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Genera within the family Cuthonidae include:

  • Bohuslania Korshunova, Lundin, Malmberg, Picton & Martynov, 2018
  • Cuthona Alder & Hancock, 1855

References

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  1. ^ Picton, B.; Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Cuthonidae Odhner, 1934. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-11-02.
  2. ^ 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.
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