Embletonia

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Embletonia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Embletoniidae
Genus: Embletonia
Alder & Hancock, 1851
Type species
Pterochilus pulcherAlder & Hancock, 1844
Synonyms
  • EmbletoniellaBaba, 1967
  • PterochilusAlder & Hancock, 1844 (Invalid: placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 782)

Embletonia is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Embletoniidae. [1] [2]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. [1]

Species: [1]

Taxa inquirenda
Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138544 on 2021-02-27
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