Aegiridae

Short description: Family of gastropods

Aegiridae

Aegires punctilucens, type species of the genus Aegires.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Heterobranchia
Order:  | Nudibranchia
Suborder:  | Doridina
Superfamily:  | Polyceroidea
Family:  | Aegiridae
P. Fischer, 1883
Genera

See text

Synonyms

* Aegiretidae P. Fischer, 1883 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
* Notodorididae Thiele, 1931

Aegiridae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Polyceroidea.[1]

This family has no subfamilies.

## Genera

Genera in the family Aegiridae include:

* Genus Aegires Lovén, 1844 \- the type genus of the family Aegiridae
* Genus Notodoris Bergh, 1875

Genera brought into synonymy

* Aegirus Agassiz, 1846: synonym of Aegires Lovén, 1844
* Anaegires Odhner, 1934: synonym of Aegires Lovén, 1844
* Serigea F. Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Aegires Lovén, 1844
* Triopella G.O. Sars, 1878: synonym of Aegires Lovén, 1844

## References

1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Aegiridae Odhner, 1941. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-14

* Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.

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