Tylodinidae
Family of gastropods
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Tylodinidae is a family of sea snails or false limpets, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Umbraculoidea.
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| A live individual of Tylodina perversa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Umbraculoidea |
| Family: | Tylodinidae Gray, 1847 |
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Taxonomy
The family Tylodinidae is currently placed in the superfamily Umbraculoidea within the clade Euopisthobranchia.[1]
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the family contains only one accepted genus (Anidolyta and several other names are junior synonyms of Tylodina).[2]
Genera
- Tylodina Rafinesque, 1814 (type genus)
Species
The following seven species are currently accepted in the genus Tylodina:[3]
- Tylodina americana Dall, 1890
- Tylodina corticalis (Tate, 1889)
- Tylodina duebenii Lovén, 1846
- Tylodina fungina Gabb, 1865
- Tylodina perversa (Gmelin, 1791)
- Tylodina rafinesquii R. A. Philippi, 1836
- Tylodina spongotheras (Bertsch, 1980)
