Superregnum: Eukaryota
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
Tethydidae is a family of dendronotid nudibranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Tritonioidea.[3]
The original spelling (subfamily) is Tethydia. It was placed on the Official List by Opinion 1182 of ICZN (1981: 174), which also ruled that the name should be corrected to Tethydidae (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Taxonomy
This family is within the clade Cladobranchia and has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[2]
Genera
There are two[1] genera within the family Tethydidae:
Melibe Rang, 1829
Tethys Linnaeus, 1767 - the type genus,
Genera brought into synonymy
Chioraera Gould, 1852 accepted as Melibe Rang, 1829
Fimbria O'Donoghue, 1926: synonym of Tethys Linnaeus, 1767 (invalid: junior homonym of Fimbria Megerle, 1811.)
Jacunia de Filippi, 1867 accepted as Melibe Rang, 1829
Melibaea synonym of Melibe Rang, 1829
Meliboea [sic] : Melibe'' Rang, 1829 (incorrect subsequent spelling [by Forbes, 1838] of Melibe Rang, 1829)
Propemelibe Allan, 1932 accepted as Melibe Rang, 1829
Description
Species in this family do not possess a radula.[4]
References
Gosliner T. M. & Smith V. G. (2003). "Systematic review and phylogenetic analysis of the nudibranch genus Melibe (Opistobranchia: Dendronotacea) with descriptions of three new species". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 54: 302-355. PDF.
Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
Picton, B.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Tethydidae Rafinesque, 1815. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23125 on 2017-12-20
Rudman W. B. (14 October 2002) "http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=tethfimb". Sea Slug Forum, accessed 29 December 2010.
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