Tritonioidea

Tritonioidea is a superfamily of aeolidacean nudibranchs.

Candiella striata by Pontes, Miquel

The actual classification of the Tritonioidea proposed by Bouchet et al.(2017) and accepted at WoRMS is:

  • Superfamily Tritonioidea Lamarck, 1809
    • Family Tritoniidae Lamarck, 1809
      • Genus Candiella Gray, 1850
      • Genus Marianina Pruvot-Fol, 1931
      • Genus Marionia Vayssière, 1877
      • Genus Marioniopsis Odhner, 1934
      • Genus Paratritonia Baba, 1949
      • Genus Tochuina Odhner, 1963
      • Genus Tritonia Cuvier, 1798
      • Genus Tritonidoxa Bergh, 1907
      • Genus Tritoniella Eliot, 1907
      • Genus Tritoniopsis Eliot, 1905

The Tritonioidea of the Mediterranean and around the Iberian Peninsula are:

Candiella cincta @ L'Escala by Enric Madrenas

Candiella cincta

Candiella coralliumrubri by Egidio Trainito

Candiella coralliumrubri

Candiella lineata @ Eagle Rock, Garvellachs, Scotland by Jim Anderson

Candiella lineata

Candiella manicata by Enric Madrenas

Candiella manicata

Candiella odhneri by Enric Madrenas

Candiella odhneri

Candiella plebeia by Bernard Picton

Candiella plebeia

Candiella striata by Enric Madrenas

Candiella striata

Candiella taliartensis by Ortea et al (2009)

Candiella taliartensis

Marionia blainvillea @ Port de la Selva 26/10/2013 by Miquel Pontes

Marionia blainvillea

Marionia gemmii @ Ria de Arousa, Galicia, Spain by Jacinto Pérez Dieste (GEMM)

Marionia gemmii

Tritonia callogorgiae by Flavio Oliva

Tritonia callogorgiae

Tritonia hombergii 85mm @ West Hurker, St. Abbs Head, Scotland, 4-08-2007 13m by Jim Anderson

Tritonia hombergii

Bibliography

    Bouchet P, Rocroi JP, Hausdorf B, et al. 2017. Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1–2):1–526.

    Bibliography based on the works by Steve Long, 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000 and Gary McDonald, 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia, with later updates from other resources.