WoRMS taxon details
Dorididae Rafinesque, 1815
9904 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:9904)
accepted
Family
Archidorididae Bergh, 1891 · unaccepted
Conualeviinae Collier & Farmer, 1964 · unaccepted
Doridigitatidae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neodoridinae Odhner, 1968 · unaccepted
- Genus Archidoris Bergh, 1878
- Genus Artachaea Bergh, 1881
- Genus Austrodoris Odhner, 1926
- Genus Conualevia Collier & Farmer, 1964
- Genus Doriopsis Pease, 1860
- Genus Doris Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Goslineria Á. Valdés, 2001
- Genus Pharodoris Á. Valdés, 2001
- Genus Homoiodoris Bergh, 1882 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Subfamily Aldisinae Odhner, 1939 accepted as Aldisidae Odhner, 1939 accepted as Cadlinidae Bergh, 1891 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Ctenodoris Eliot, 1907 accepted as Doriopsis Pease, 1860
- Genus Doridigitata A. d'Orbigny, 1839 accepted as Doris Linnaeus, 1758 (junior objective synonym of Doris)
- Genus Doriorbis Kay & D. K. Young, 1969 accepted as Doris Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Etidoris Ihering, 1886 accepted as Thordisa Bergh, 1877
- Genus Guyonia Risbec, 1928 accepted as Doris Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Neodoris Baba, 1938 accepted as Doris Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Praegliscita Burn, 1957 accepted as Doris Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Siraius Er. Marcus, 1955 accepted as Doris Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Staurodoris Bergh, 1878 accepted as Doris Linnaeus, 1758 (Invalid: junior objective synonym of Doris; Placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 1980)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 142; note: Original spelling (subfamily) Doridia. [details]
page(s): 142; note: Original spelling (subfamily) Doridia. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Dorididae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=9904 on 2026-02-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 142; note: Original spelling (subfamily) Doridia. [details]
original description (of Doridigitatidae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923) Iredale, T. & O'Donoghue, C. H. (1923). List of British nudibranchiate Mollusca. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 15(5): 195-233., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30347194
page(s): 226 [details]
original description (of Archidorididae Bergh, 1891) Bergh, L. S. R. (1891). Die cryptobranchiaten Doridinen. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung fur Systematik.</em> 6(1): 103-144 [October]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10194699
page(s): 127; note: established at subfamily rank despite suffix -idae. [details]
basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 142; note: Original spelling (subfamily) Doridia. [details]
original description (of Doridigitatidae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923) Iredale, T. & O'Donoghue, C. H. (1923). List of British nudibranchiate Mollusca. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 15(5): 195-233., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30347194
page(s): 226 [details]
original description (of Archidorididae Bergh, 1891) Bergh, L. S. R. (1891). Die cryptobranchiaten Doridinen. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung fur Systematik.</em> 6(1): 103-144 [October]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10194699
page(s): 127; note: established at subfamily rank despite suffix -idae. [details]
basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors [request]
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