Tritonia (gastropod)

Tritonia
A live individual of Tritonia festiva in situ, head end towards the right
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Tritoniidae
Subfamily: Tritoniinae
Genus: Tritonia
Cuvier, 1798
Species

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Synonyms
  • Candiella Gray, 1850
  • Euphurus Rafinesque, 1815 (Unnecessary substitute name for Tritonia)
  • Microlophus Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889 (Invalid: junior homonym of Microlophus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 [Reptilia]; Myrella is a replacement name)
  • Myrella Odhner, 1963

Tritonia is a genus of sea slugs, nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tritoniidae.

Tritonia is the type genus of the family Tritoniidae.

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