Tritoniidae

Tritoniidae
A live individual of Tritonia festiva in situ
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Tritonioidea
Lamarck, 1809
Family: Tritoniidae
Menke, 1828
Synonyms
  • Aranucidae Odhner, 1936
  • Duvauceliidae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923

Tritoniidae is a taxonomic family of nudibranchs in the suborder Cladobranchia, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs.[1] This family includes some of the largest known nudibranchs, with the NE Atlantic species Tritonia hombergii reaching 20 cm in length. It is the only family in the monotypic superfamily Tritonioidea.

  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Tritoniidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed on 2021-01-01