Fionoidea

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title: "Fionoidea" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["fionoidea", "taxa-named-by-john-edward-gray"] description: "Superfamily of gastropods" topic_path: "general/fionoidea" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fionoidea" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Superfamily of gastropods ::

| name = Fionoidea | image = Fiona pinnata.jpg | taxon = Fionoidea | authority = Gray, 1857 | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = | synonyms = *Flabellinoidea Bergh, 1889

Fionoidea is a superfamily of small sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs. They are gastropod mollusks within the suborder Cladobranchia. The families within Fionoidea were shown to be monophyletic on DNA evidence and a re-interpretation of family characteristics was provided.

Families

Families within the superfamily Fionoidea are as follows:

• Abronicidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
• Apataidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
• Calmidae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923
• Coryphellidae Bergh, 1889
• Cumanotidae Odhner, 1907
• Cuthonellidae Miller, 1971
• Cuthonidae Odhner, 1934
• Eubranchidae Odhner, 1934
• Fionidae Gray, 1857
• Magallanidae Ortea & Moro, 2020
• Murmaniidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
• Paracoryphellidae M. C. Miller, 1971
• Pinufiidae Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1960
• Pseudovermidae Thiele, 1931
• Samlidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
• Tergipedidae Bergh, 1889
• Trinchesiidae F. Nordsieck, 1972
• Unidentiidae Millen & Hermosillo, 2012
• Xenocratenidae Martynov, Lundin, Picton, Fletcher, Malmber &Korshunova, 2020

References

References

1. Bouchet, Philippe. (2017). "Fionoidea".
2. Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). [https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.1 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.

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