WoRMS taxon details
Proctonotidae J. E. Gray, 1853
23103 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23103)
accepted
Family
Veniliinae Chenu, 1859 · unaccepted (invalid: type genus a junior homonym)
Zephyrinidae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923 · unaccepted
- Genus Caldukia Burn & M. C. Miller, 1969
- Genus Proctonotus Alder & Hancock, 1844
- Genus Venilia Alder & Hancock, 1844 accepted as Proctonotus Alder & Hancock, 1844 (invalid: junior homonym of Venilia Duponchel, 1829 [Lepidoptera] and Venilia Morton, 1833 [Mollusca]; Proctonotus is a replacement name)
- Genus Zephyrina Quatrefages, 1844 accepted as Proctonotus Alder & Hancock, 1844
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray J. E. (1853). Revision of the families of nudibranch mollusks, with a description of a new genus of Phyllidiadae. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 2, 11: 218-221., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13785956
page(s): 220 [details]
page(s): 220 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Proctonotidae J. E. Gray, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23103 on 2026-02-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray J. E. (1853). Revision of the families of nudibranch mollusks, with a description of a new genus of Phyllidiadae. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 2, 11: 218-221., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13785956
page(s): 220 [details]
original description (of Zephyrinidae 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): 213 [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): 220 [details]
original description (of Zephyrinidae 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): 213 [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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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Classification traditionally included in the Arminida but this placement was challenged by Wägele & Willan (2000) and remains unsupported. [details]
