Tethydidae
| Tethydidae | |
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| A live individual of Melibe leonina | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Tritonioidea |
| Family: |
Tethydidae Rafinesque, 1815 |
| Type genus | |
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Tethys |
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| Diversity | |
| 2 genera 15 valid species and 3 doubtful species |
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| Synonyms | |
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clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Dendronotida
15 valid species and 3 doubtful species
Tethydidae is a family of dendronotid nudibranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Tritonioidea.
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).
This family is within the clade Cladobranchia and has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
There are two genera within the family Tethydidae:
Species in this family do not possess a radula.
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