Tethydidae

Tethydidae
Tethys fimbria on the sand bottom shows its broad oral hood on the left (the head end) and the body with two rows of spotted cerata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Dendronotoidea
Family: Tethydidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Type genus
Tethys
Diversity
2 genera

15 valid species and 3 doubtful species

Synonyms
  • Melibidae Forbes, 1844
  • Fimbriidae O'Donoghue, 1926 (inv.)
  • Tethymelibidae Bergh, 1890 (n.a.)

Tethydidae is a family of dendronotid nudibranch gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Dendronotoidea.

The original spelling (subfamily) is Tethydia. It was 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).