- Dendronotoidea
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Dendronotoidea was a taxonomic superfamily of small colorful sea slugs or nudibranchs, aeolid nudibranchs.
This superfamily name is not used in the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Instead, most of the families that were in this superfamily are now placed in the superfamily Tritonioidea.
Families
Families that were placed in this superfamily are as follows. After each name it is indicated where they are now placed, by Bouchet and Rocroi [1]:
- Bornellidae -> Tritonioidea
- Dendronotidae -> Tritonioidea
- Dotoidae - unassigned to superfamily
- Embletoniidae - unassigned to superfamily
- Hancockiidae -> Tritonioidea
- Lomanotidae -> Tritonioidea
- Marianinidae -> Aranucidae
- Phylliroidae -> Tritonioidea
- Scyllaeidae -> Tritonioidea
- Tethydidae -> Tritonioidea
- Tritoniidae -> Tritonioidea
References
- ^ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. Issn = 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
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