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Tethydidae Rafinesque, 1815 
AphiaID: 23125

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Dexiarchia (Suborder) > Dendronotida (Infraorder) > Tritonioidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Tritonioidea
Synonymised
taxa
  Melibidae Forbes, 1844
Sources  basis of record: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397. [details]

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taxa

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 Genus Melibe Rang, 1829
Genus Tethys Linnaeus, 1767

Genus Chioraera Gould, 1852 accepted as Melibe Rang, 1829
Genus Jacunia de Filippi, 1867 accepted as Melibe Rang, 1829
Genus Melibaea accepted as Melibe Rang, 1829
Genus Propemelibe Allan, 1932 accepted as Melibe Rang, 1829
Environment marine
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Note  Nomenclature: Original spelling (subfamily) Tethydia. Placed on the Official List by Opinion 1182 of ICZN (1981: 174), which also ruled that the name should be corrected to Tethydidae (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23125
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2006-03-22 08:02:13Z  changed  Wambiji, Nina
2009-08-14 09:49:04Z  changed  db_admin
2011-05-05 18:31:09Z  checked  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Tethydidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23125 on 2013-05-24
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