Fionoidea
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea Gray, 1857 |
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Fionoidea is a superfamily of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, in the suborder Aeolidacea.[1] The families within Fionoidea were shown to be monophyletic on DNA evidence and a re-interpretation of family characteristics was provided.[2][1]
Families
[edit]According to Korshunova and colleagues (2025), the following families are recognised in the superfamily Fionoidea:[1]
- Family Abronicidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
- Family Calmidae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923
- Family Cuthonellidae Miller, 1971
- Family Cuthonidae Odhner, 1934
- Family Eubranchidae Odhner, 1934
- Family Fionidae Gray, 1857
- Family Murmaniidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
- Family Tergipedidae Bergh, 1889
- Family Trinchesiidae F. Nordsieck, 1972
- Family Xenocratenidae Martynov, Lundin, Picton, Fletcher, Malmber &Korshunova, 2020
References
[edit]- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.