Cimoidea

Cimoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Infraclass:	Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily:	Cimoidea ; Warén, 1993
Families
	See text

Last updated November 27, 2025

Cimoidea is a superfamily of rather specialised, highly evolved sea slugs and sea snails, (marine gastropod molluscs) within the infraclass "Lower Heterobranchia".^[1]

Families

Cimidae Warén, 1993
Genus Larochella A. W. B. Powell, 1927 (not in a family)

Synonyms

Graphididae J.C. N. Barros, Mello, F. N. Barros, S. Lima, Santos, Cabral & Padovan, 2003: synonym of Cimidae Warén, 1993
† Tofanellidae Bandel, 1995: synonym of Cimidae Warén, 1993
† Subfamily Usedomellinae Gründel, 1998: synonym of Cimidae Warén, 1993

References

↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cimoidea Warén, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1054701 on 2021-06-28

Warén, A. (1993). New and little known mollusca from Iceland and Scandinavia, Part 2. Sarsia. 78: 159-201.
Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526

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[WoRMS-1] MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cimoidea Warén, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1054701 on 2021-06-28

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