Cuthonellidae

Cuthonellidae
Fiocuthona concinna, Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Cuthonellidae
Miller, 1971
Genera

See Genera

Cuthonellidae is a family of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, within the superfamily Fionoidea.

Taxonomic history

This family was reinstated as a result of a molecular phylogenetics study.

Genera

Genera within the family Cuthonellidae include:

References

  1. 1 2 Korshunova, Tatiana; Fletcher, Karin; Martynov, Alexander (2025-08-01). "The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057. ISSN 0024-4082.
  2. ↑ Korshunova, Tatiana A.; Sanamyan, Nadezhda P.; Sanamyan, Karen E.; Bakken, Torkild; Lundin, Kennet; Fletcher, Karin; Martynov, Alexander V. (2021-01-28). "Biodiversity hotspot in cold waters: a review of the genus Cuthonella with descriptions of seven new species (Mollusca, Nudibranchia)". Contributions to Zoology. 90 (2): 216–283. doi:10.1163/18759866-BJA10017. hdl:11250/2728483. ISSN 1383-4517.
  3. ↑ Korshunova, Tatiana; Martynov, Alexander; Picton, Bernard (2017-09-26). "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): 1–22. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Martynov, A.; Korshunova, T. (2025). Hidden diversity of the North Pacific prompts reorganization of the taxonomic system. Moscow: Neptune. pp. 1–48. ISBN 978-5-9905149-3-5.
  5. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2025) Cuthonellidae M. C. Miller, 1977 Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-03-06