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Family of gastropods

Paracoryphellidae
Salmon aeolis, Flabellina salmonacea (Coryphela salmonacea), an aolid nudibranch in Newfoundland, Canada
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

clade Aeolidida
Superfamily: Flabellinoidea
Family: Paracoryphellidae
M. C. Miller, 1971
Type genus
Paracoryphella
Genera

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Paracoryphellidae is a taxonomic family of brightly coloured sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks.

Genera and species

Genera within the family Paracoryphellidae include:

  • Chlamylla Bergh, 1886
  • Paracoryphella M. C. Miller, 1971
  • Polaria Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
  • Ziminella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017

References

  1. Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys. 717: 1-139.
  2. Picton, B.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Paracoryphellidae M. C. Miller, 1971. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2018-01-12.


Taxon identifiers
Paracoryphellidae
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