Tethydidae

Melibe arianeae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dendronotoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Heterobranchia Infraclassis: Euthyneura Cohors: Ringipleura Superordo: Nudipleura Ordo: Nudibranchia Subordo: Cladobranchia Superfamilia: Dendronotoidea

Familia: Tethydidae
Genera (2): Melibe – Tethys

[Source: MolluscaBase (WoRMS, 2017)]

Name

• Tethydidae Rafinesque, 1815: 141 [conserved name]
  • Type genus: Tethys Linnaeus, 1767
  • Place on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology with the Name Number 511 (Opinion 1182).

References

Primary references

• Melville, R.V. 1981. Opinion 1182. Tethyidae in Mollusca, Porifera and Tunicata: removal of the homonymy. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38(3): 174–177. BHL, Biostor Reference page. 

Links

• Tethydidae in the MolluscaBase

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