Tritonia (gastropod)

Tritonia

A live individual of Tritonia festiva in situ, head end towards the right
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Dendronotida
Superfamily:	Tritonioidea
Family:	Tritoniidae
Genus:	Tritonia Cuvier, 1798
Synonyms
Candiella Gray, 1850 Duvaucelia Risso, 1826 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.

Species within the genus Tritonia include:

Synonyms:

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Tritonia Cuvier, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138580 on 2015-02-24