Scyllaeidae

Scyllaeidae

Scyllaeidae

Family of gastropods

Scyllaeidae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Dendronotoidea.[1]

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This family is within the suborder Cladobranchia (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Genera

Genera in the family Scyllaeidae include:

Genera brought into synonymy
  • Nerea Lesson, 1831: synonym of Scyllaea Linnaeus, 1758
  • Zoopterygius Osbeck, 1757: synonym of Scyllaea Linnaeus, 1758 (non-binomial)

References

  • http://www.catalogueoflife.org/ Retrieved 16 September 2009
  • http://www.seaslugforum.net/ Retrieved 16 September 2009
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Pola M., Camacho-Garcia Y.E. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Molecular data illuminate cryptic nudibranch species: the evolution of the Scyllaeidae (Nudibranchia: Dendronotina) with a revision of Notobryon. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 165: 311–336
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    Bouchet, P. (2012). Scyllaeidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23115 on 2012-06-07
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