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Aeolidia Cuvier, 1797 
AphiaID: 137630

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Dexiarchia (Suborder) > Aeolidida (Infraorder) > Aeolidioidea (Superfamily) > Aeolidiidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Aeolidiidae Gray, 1827
Synonymised
taxa		  Aeolis Menke, 1844 (Invalid: Placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 779)
 Eolidia (incorrect subsequent spelling [by Cuvier (1817)] of Aeolidia)
 Eolis (incoorect subsequent spelling [by Cuvier (1805)] of Aeolidia)
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

from synonym: Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] [view taxon]

All child
taxa
[hide all]		 Species Aeolidia collaris Odhner, 1921
Species Aeolidia helicochorda M. C. Miller, 1988
Species Aeolidia herculea Bergh, 1894
Species Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761)
  » Variety Aeolidia papillosa var. pacifica Bergh, 1879 accepted as Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761)

Species Aeolidia pelseneeri Risbec, 1937 (species inquirenda)

Species Aeolidia edmondsoni Ostergaard, 1955 accepted as Phestilla lugubris (Bergh, 1870)
Species Aeolidia farallonensis Gosliner & Behrens, 1996 accepted as Aeolidia herculea Bergh, 1894
Species Aeolidia poindimiei Risbec, 1928 accepted as Phyllodesmium poindimiei (Risbec, 1928)
Species Aeolidia serotina Bergh, 1873 accepted as Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761)
Species Aeolidia verrucosa M. Sars, 1829 accepted as Flabellina verrucosa (M. Sars, 1829)
Environment marine
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
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Notes  Authority: The genusname Aeolidia is stated as valid by the ICZN (Op. 779). [details]

Spelling: Spelling variation of genusname in Backeljau: Eolidia in stead of Aeolidia [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137630
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Aeolidia Cuvier, 1797. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137630 on 2013-05-24
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