WoRMS taxon details
Aeolidiidae J. E. Gray, 1827
192 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:192)
accepted
Family
Eolidininae Pruvot-Fol, 1951 · unaccepted (Invalid: Placed on the Official...)
Invalid: Placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 780
Spurillidae Odhner, 1939 · unaccepted
- Genus Aeolidia Cuvier, 1797
- Genus Aeolidiella Bergh, 1867
- Genus Aeolidiopsis Pruvot-Fol, 1956
- Genus Anteaeolidiella M. C. Miller, 2001
- Genus Baeolidia Bergh, 1888
- Genus Berghia Trinchese, 1877
- Genus Bulbaeolidia Carmona, Pola, Gosliner & Cervera, 2013
- Genus Cerberilla Bergh, 1873
- Genus Limenandra Haefelfinger & Stamm, 1958
- Genus Novaeolidiella Carmona, Martín-Hervás, Pola, Gosliner & Cervera, 2026
- Genus Spurilla Bergh, 1864
- Genus Zeusia Korshunova, Zimina & Martynov, 2017
- Genus Digitobranchus Risbec, 1937 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Genus Aeolidina Pruvot-Fol, 1951 accepted as Eolidina Quatrefages, 1843 accepted as Aeolidiella Bergh, 1867 (suppressed under ICZN Opinion 780)
- Subfamily Coryphellinae Bergh, 1889 accepted as Coryphellidae Bergh, 1889 accepted as Flabellinidae Bergh, 1889 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subfamily Dendronotinae Allman, 1845 accepted as Dendronotidae Allman, 1845 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Dolicheolis H. J. Finlay, 1926 accepted as Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Eolida [sic] accepted as Aeolidia Cuvier, 1797 (incorrect subsequent spelling [by Blainville, 1816] of Aeolidia Cuvier, 1798)
- Genus Eolidia [sic] accepted as Aeolidia Cuvier, 1797 (incorrect subsequent spelling [by Cuvier (1817)] of Aeolidia)
- Genus Eolidina Quatrefages, 1843 accepted as Aeolidiella Bergh, 1867 (suppressed under ICZN Opinion 780)
- Genus Eolis [sic] accepted as Aeolidia Cuvier, 1797 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, incorrect subsequent spelling [by Cuvier (1805)] of Aeolidia)
- Genus Fenrisia Bergh, 1888 accepted as Cerberilla Bergh, 1873
- Subfamily Flabellininae Bergh, 1889 accepted as Flabellinidae Bergh, 1889 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Millereolidia Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2004 accepted as Berghia Trinchese, 1877
- Genus Milleria Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003 accepted as Millereolidia Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2004 accepted as Berghia Trinchese, 1877 (invalid: junior homonym of Milleria Herrich-Schaeffer, 1859 [Lepidoptera]; Millereolidia is a replacement name)
- Genus Protaeolidia accepted as Protaeolidiella Baba, 1955 (misspelling)
- Subfamily Tergipedinae Bergh, 1889 accepted as Tergipedidae Bergh, 1889 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J. E. (1825-1827). [Names on plate legends]: pl. [2] [1 June 1825]; pl. 4[6] [August 1827]; pls [3], [5] [1 December 1827]. In: <i>Encyclopaedia Metropolitana</i>. London.
page(s): Plates to zoology: plate Mollusca [= plate 3]; note: original spelling Eolidae, based on Eolis [Cuvier, 1805], an incorrect subsequent spelling (Opinion 779) of Aeolidia. [details]
page(s): Plates to zoology: plate Mollusca [= plate 3]; note: original spelling Eolidae, based on Eolis [Cuvier, 1805], an incorrect subsequent spelling (Opinion 779) of Aeolidia. [details]
Nomenclature Name placed on the Official List by ICZN Opinion 779.
Nomenclature Name placed on the Official List by ICZN Opinion 779. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Aeolidiidae J. E. Gray, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=192 on 2026-07-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1825-1827). [Names on plate legends]: pl. [2] [1 June 1825]; pl. 4[6] [August 1827]; pls [3], [5] [1 December 1827]. In: <i>Encyclopaedia Metropolitana</i>. London.
page(s): Plates to zoology: plate Mollusca [= plate 3]; note: original spelling Eolidae, based on Eolis [Cuvier, 1805], an incorrect subsequent spelling (Opinion 779) of Aeolidia. [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): Plates to zoology: plate Mollusca [= plate 3]; note: original spelling Eolidae, based on Eolis [Cuvier, 1805], an incorrect subsequent spelling (Opinion 779) of Aeolidia. [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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additional source
Carmona, L.; Pola, M.; Gosliner, T. M.; Cervera, J. L. (2013). A tale that morphology fails to tell: A molecular phylogeny of Aeolidiidae (Aeolidida, Nudibranchia, Gastropoda). <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 8 (5): e63000., available online at https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0063000 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Name placed on the Official List by ICZN Opinion 779. [details]
