Fionoidea

Fionoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Superfamily:	Fionoidea ; Gray, 1857
Families
	See text
Synonyms
	Flabellinoidea Bergh, 1889;

Last updated March 04, 2021

Fionoidea is a superfamily of small sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs. They are gastropod mollusks within the infraorder Cladobranchia.^[1] The families within Fionoidea were shown to be monophyletic on DNA evidence and a re-interpretation of family characteristics was provided.^[2]

Families

Families within the superfamily Fionoidea are as follows:^[1]

Family Abronicidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
Family Apataidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
Family Calmidae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923
Family Cumanotidae Odhner, 1907
Family Cuthonellidae Miller, 1971
Family Cuthonidae Odhner, 1934
Family Embletoniidae Pruvot-Fol, 1954
Family Eubranchidae Odhner, 1934
Family Fionidae Gray, 1857
Family Flabellinidae Bergh, 1889
Family Murmaniidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
Family Paracoryphellidae M. C. Miller, 1971
Family Pinufiidae Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1960
Family Samlidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
Family Tergipedidae Bergh, 1889
Family Trinchesiidae F. Nordsieck, 1972
Family Unidentiidae Millen & Hermosillo, 2012

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References

1 2 Fionoidea Gray, 1857 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2019.
↑ Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Fionoidea Gray, 1857 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2019.

[2] Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1.

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