Trinchesiidae Explained

Trinchesiidae is a family of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea.^[1]

Taxonomic history

This family was reinstated as a result of a molecular phylogenetics study.^[2]

Genera

Genera within the family Trinchesiidae include:

• Catriona Winckworth, 1941
• Diaphoreolis Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923
• Phestilla Bergh, 1874
• Rubramoena Cella, Carmona, Ekimova, Chichvarkhin, Schepetov & Gosliner, 2016
• Selva Edmunds, 1964
• Tenellia A. Costa, 1866
• Trinchesia Ihering, 1879
• Zelentia Ihering, 1879

Genera and subfamilies currently brought into synonymy:

• Narraeolida Burn, 1961 synonym of Trinchesia Ihering, 1879
• Toorna Burn, 1964: synonym of Trinchesia Ihering, 1879

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P.; Picton, B.; Gofas, S. (2017). Trinchesiidae F. Nordsieck, 1972. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-11-01
2. Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1.