Curnonidae

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title: "Curnonidae" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["euthyneura", "nudibranchia", "nudipleura"] description: "Family of gastropods" topic_path: "general/euthyneura" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curnonidae" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Family of gastropods ::

| image = | image_caption = | taxon = Curnonidae | authority = d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2017 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text. | synonyms_ref =
| synonyms = Charcotiidae Odhner, 1926 (invalid: type genus a junior homonym)

Curnonidae is a small family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs, in the clade Euthyneura.{{cite journal |author1=Bouchet, P. |author2=Rocroi, J.-P. | year = 2005 | title = Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families | journal = Malacologia | volume =47 | issue = 1–2 | pages = | doi =

Description

The Curnonidae are a small family of nudibranchs with representatives in the Southern Ocean including South Africa.

Etymology

The genus name was originally a tribute to Dr. Jean Charcot, who led the expedition which discovered this species.

Genera

Genera and species within the family Curnonidae include:

• Curnon d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2017
  • Curnon granulosa (Vayssière, 1906)
• Pseudotritonia Thiele, 1912
  • Pseudotritonia antarctica (Odhner, 1934)
  • Pseudotritonia gracilidens Odhner, 1944
  • Pseudotritonia quadrangularis Thiele, 1912 Names brought into synonymy:
• Charcotia Vayssière, 1906 : synonym of Curnon d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2017 (invalid: junior homonym of Charcotia Chevreux, 1906 (January) [Amphipoda]; Curnon is a replacement name)
• Telarma Odhner, 1934 synonym of Pseudotritonia Thiele, 1912

References

References

1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Curnonidae d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1052376 on 2019-09-05
2. Wägele, H. (1991) Studies on the morphology and anatomy of the Antarctic nudibranch genera ''Pseudotritonia'' Thiele, 1912 and ''Telarma'' Odhner, 1934 with a discussion of the family Charcotiidae Odhner, 1926 (Nudibranchia: Opisthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 101: 359-389.

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