Tethydidae
Tethydidae is a family of dendronotid nudibranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Tritonioidea.
The original spelling is Tethydia. It was placed on the Official List by Opinion 1182 of ICZN, which also ruled that the name should be corrected to Tethydidae.Taxonomy
This family is within the clade Cladobranchia and has no subfamilies.Genera
There are two genera within the family Tethydidae:
;Genera brought into synonymy :
- Chioraera Gould, 1852 accepted as Melibe Rang, 1829
- Fimbria O'Donoghue, 1926: synonym of Tethys Linnaeus, 1767
- Jacunia de Filippi, 1867 accepted as Melibe Rang, 1829
- Melibaea synonym of Melibe Rang, 1829
- Meliboea : Melibe Rang, 1829
- Propemelibe Allan, 1932 accepted as Melibe Rang, 1829
Description
Species in this family do not possess a radula.
