WoRMS taxon details
Tethydidae Rafinesque, 1815
23125 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23125)
accepted
Family
Fimbriidae O'Donoghue, 1926 · unaccepted (invalid: type genus a junior homonym)
Melibidae Forbes, 1844 · unaccepted
Tethymelibidae Bergh, 1890 · unaccepted (not available: not based on a genus)
- Genus Melibe Rang, 1829
- Genus Tethys Linnaeus, 1767
- Genus Chioraera A. A. Gould, 1852 accepted as Melibe Rang, 1829
- Genus Fimbria O'Donoghue, 1926 accepted as Tethys Linnaeus, 1767 (invalid: junior homonym of Fimbria Megerle, 1811.)
- Genus Jacunia de Filippi, 1867 accepted as Melibe Rang, 1829
- Genus Melibaea accepted as Melibe Rang, 1829 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Meliboea [sic] accepted as Melibe Rang, 1829 (incorrect subsequent spelling [by Forbes, 1838] of Melibe Rang, 1829)
- Genus Propemelibe J. K. Allan, 1932 accepted as Melibe Rang, 1829
- Genus Thethys [sic] accepted as Tethys Linnaeus, 1767 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Thetis [sic] accepted as Tethys Linnaeus, 1767 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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): 141 [details]
page(s): 141 [details]
Nomenclature Original spelling (subfamily) Tethydia. Placed on the Official List by Opinion 1182 of ICZN (1981: 174), which also ruled...
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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tethydidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23125 on 2026-02-06
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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): 141 [details]
original description (of Melibidae Forbes, 1844) Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843.</em> 130-193., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920789
page(s): 186; note: as Melibœadae [details]
basis of record 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
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page(s): 141 [details]
original description (of Melibidae Forbes, 1844) Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843.</em> 130-193., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920789
page(s): 186; note: as Melibœadae [details]
basis of record 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]Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Goodheart, J. A.; Bazinet, A. L.; Valdés, Á.; Collins, A. G.; Cummings, M. P. (2017). Prey preference follows phylogeny: evolutionary dietary patterns within the marine gastropod group Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia). <em>BMC Evolutionary Biology.</em> 17(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1066-0 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | メリベウミウシ科 | [details] |
