Aeolidioidea
Superfamily of gastropods
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Aeolidioidea is a superfamily of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, in the suborder Aeolidacea.[1][2]
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| Aeolidioidea | |
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| From left to right of each row, from top to bottom: Phyllodesmium sp. (Myrrhinidae), Aeolidia filomenae (Aeolidiidae), Facelina rhodopos (Facelinidae), and Glaucus atlanticus (Glaucidae) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea J.E. Gray, 1827 |
| Families | |
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See Taxonomy | |
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Taxonomy
Gosliner et al. (2007) elevated the subfamily Babakininae, which was within Facelinidae, to the family level, as Babakinidae.[3]
In 2017, Bouchet and colleagues listed the following families inside Aeolidioidea:[4]
- Family Aeolidiidae Gray, 1827
- Family Babakinidae Roller, 1973
- Family Facelinidae Bergh, 1889
- Subfamily Facelininae Bergh, 1889
- Subfamily Crateninae Bergh, 1889
- Subfamily Favorininae Bergh, 1889
- Subfamily Herviellinae Burn, 1967
- Subfamily Pteraeolidiinae Risbec, 1953
- Family Glaucidae Gray, 1827
- Family Piseinotecidae Edmunds, 1970
- Family Pleurolidiidae Burn, 1966
- Family Unidentiidae Millen & Hermosillo, 2012
A study of facelinid relationships in 2019 removed several facelinid genera to the family Myrrhinidae.[5]
2025 revision
A 2025 revision of the taxonomy of Aeolidacea by Korshunova and colleagues recognised, based on the results of molecular phylogenetic analysises, the following families in the superfamily Aeolidioidea:[2]
- Family Aeolidiidae Gray, 1827
- Family Babakinidae Roller 1973
- Family Facelinidae Bergh, 1899
- Family Favorinidae Bergh, 1899
- Family Glaucidae Gray, 1827
- Family Myrrhinidae Bergh, 1905
- Family Pleurolidiidae Burn, 1966