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Dironidae

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Dironidae
Dirona albolineata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Proctonotoidea
Family: Dironidae
Eliot, 1910[1]
Species
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Dironidae is a family of nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs, in the clade Euthyneura. There are no subfamilies in Dironidae.[2][3]

Genera

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  • Dirona MacFarland, in Cockerell & Eliot, 1905 - type genus[4]

References

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  1. ^ Eliot, C. N. E. (1910). A monograph of the British Nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of the species. Part VIII (Supplement). Ray Society, London. 1-198, figs. 1-7, pls. 1-8.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  3. ^ MacFarland, F.M. (1912). The Family Dironidae. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Supplement 15, 515-536.
  4. ^ Goddard, J.H.R., 2000 (June 16) Dirona albolineata MacFarland in Cockerell & Eliot, 1905. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.