Aeolidioidea
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Aeolidida |
| Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea J.E. Gray, 1827
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Aeolidioidea is a superfamily of sea slugs, the aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Aeolidida.
2014 taxonomy
The superfamily Aeolidioidea consists of the following six families:[1]
- Aeolidiidae Gray, 1827
- Facelinidae Bergh, 1889
- Glaucidae Gray, 1827
- Piseinotecidae Edmunds, 1970
- Pleurolidiidae Burn, 1966
- Unidentiidae Millen & Hermosillo, 2012
Synonyms of families within this superfamily include:
- Caloriidae (synonym of the subfamily Facelininae)
- Cratenidae (synonym of the subfamily Crateninae)
- Herviellidae (synonym of the subfamily Herviellinae)
- Myrrhinidae (synonym of the subfamily Favorininae)
- Phidianidae (synonym of the subfamily Facelininae)
- Pteraeolidiidae (synonym of the subfamily Pteraeolidiinae)
- Spurillidae (synonym of Aeolidiidae)
2007 taxonomy
Gosliner et al. (2007)[2] elevated subfamily Babakininae (that was within Facelinidae) to the family level Babakinidae.
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Aeolidioidea Gray, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=189 on 2014-10-24
- ^ Gosliner T. M., Gonzáles-Duarte M. M. & Cervera J. L. (2007). "Revision of the systematics of Babakina Roller, 1973 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) with the description of a new species and a phylogenetic analysis". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151(4): 671-689. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00331.x.