Myrrhinidae
Family of gastropods
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The Myrrhinidae is a family of aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs.[1]
| Myrrhinidae | |
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| Phyllodesmium longicirrum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
| Family: | Myrrhinidae Bergh, 1905 |
| Genera | |
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See Taxonomy | |
Taxonomy
DNA studies found the Facelinidae to be polyphyletic and this family was brought back into use to partially resolve that situation.[2]
According to Korshunova and colleagues (2025), the following genera are recognised in the family Myrrhinidae:[3]
- Dondice Er. Marcus, 1958
- Godiva Macnae, 1954
- Hermissenda Bergh, 1879
- Nanuca Er. Marcus, 1957
- Nemesignis Furfaro & Mariottini, 2021
- Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg, 1831
