Fionidae

{{Short description|Family of gastropods}}

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| name = Fionidae

| image = Fiona pinnata.jpg

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| taxon = Fionidae

| authority = Gray, 1857

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

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Fionidae is a family of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea.Bouchet, P. (2010). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23039 Fionidae.] In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-17.

Taxonomic history

This family was expanded to include Tergipedidae, Eubranchidae and Calmidae as a result of a molecular phylogenetics study.Cella, K; Carmona Barnosi, L.; Ekimova, I; Chichvarkhin, A; Schepetov, D; Gosliner, T. M. (2016). [https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167800 A radical solution: The phylogeny of the nudibranch family Fionidae.] PLoS ONE. 11(12): e0167800. This was reversed in 2017 with further DNA evidence and a re-interpretation of genus and family characteristics.Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). [https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.1 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.

Genera

Genera within the family Fionidae include:

  • Fiona Alder & Hancock [in Forbes & Hanley], 1853
  • Calma Alder & Hancock, 1855
  • Cuthona Alder & Hancock, 1855
  • Cuthonella Bergh, 1884
  • Eubranchus Forbes, 1838
  • Murmania Martynov, 2006
  • Tenellia A. Costa, 1866
  • Tergipes Cuvier, 1805
  • Tergiposacca Cella, Carmona, Ekimova, Chichvarkhin, Schepetov & Gosliner, 2016
  • Rubramoena Cella, Carmona, Ekimova, Chichvarkhin, Schepetov & Gosliner, 2016
  • Abronica Cella, Carmona, Ekimova, Chichvarkhin, Schepetov & Gosliner, 2016

References

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