Fionidae
Family of gastropods
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Fionidae is a family of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Fionidae Gray, 1857 |
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Taxonomic history
This family was expanded to include Tergipedidae, Eubranchidae and Calmidae as a result of a molecular phylogenetics study.[2] This was reversed in 2017 with further DNA evidence and a re-interpretation of genus and family characteristics.[3]
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
