North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Fionoidea J. E. Gray, 1857

AphiaID

412646 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:412646)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Superfamily

Parent

Cladobranchia

Original name

Fionidae J. E. Gray, 1857

Synonymised names

Flabellinoidea Bergh, 1889 · unaccepted

Samloidea Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Unidentioidea Millen & Hermosillo, 2012 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (18)

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Family Cumanotidae Odhner, 1907
Family Cuthonellidae M. C. Miller, 1977
Family Cuthonidae Odhner, 1934
Family Eubranchidae Odhner, 1934
Family Fionidae J. E. Gray, 1857
Family Flabellinidae Bergh, 1889
Family Flabellinopsidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
Family Murmaniidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
Family Piseinotecidae Edmunds, 1970
Family Pseudovermidae Thiele, 1931
Family Samlidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
Family Tergipedidae Bergh, 1889
Family Trinchesiidae F. Nordsieck, 1972
Family Xenocratenidae Martynov, Lundin, Picton, Fletcher, Malmberg & Korshunova, 2020
Family Calmidae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923 accepted as Flabellinidae Bergh, 1889 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Coryphellidae Bergh, 1889 accepted as Flabellinidae Bergh, 1889 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Paracoryphellidae M. C. Miller, 1971 accepted as Flabellinidae Bergh, 1889 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Unidentiidae Millen & Hermosillo, 2012 accepted as Piseinotecidae Edmunds, 1970 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Fionidae J. E. Gray, 1857) Gray, J. E. (1857). Guide to the systematic distribution of Mollusca in the British Museum. Part I. [Gastropoda]. British Museum, London, xii + 230 pp. [9 May; Preface dated 10 Dec. 1856]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/117528
page(s): 227 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Fionoidea J. E. Gray, 1857. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=412646 on 2026-09-09

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Fionoidea J. E. Gray, 1857. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=412646 on 2026-09-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2009-08-17 07:26:35Z

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2010-10-16 22:02:15Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2017-12-24 03:33:33Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2025-08-22 00:52:19Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2025-08-22 11:53:41Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2025-08-31 01:45:47Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

2026-09-01 22:50:52Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Fionidae J. E. Gray, 1857) Gray, J. E. (1857). Guide to the systematic distribution of Mollusca in the British Museum. Part I. [Gastropoda]. British Museum, London, xii + 230 pp. [9 May; Preface dated 10 Dec. 1856]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/117528
page(s): 227 [details]

taxonomy source Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys. 717: 1-139., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=21885 [details]

basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Korshunova, T.; Fletcher, K.; Martynov, A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated — how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204(4): zlaf057: 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057
page(s): 26-28 [details] Available for editors

status source Moles, J.; Bonomo, L.; Brenzinger, B.; Camacho García, Y. E.; Carmona, L.; Currado, J. L. C.; Donohoo, S.; Fernández-Simón, J.; Furfaro, G.; Galià-Camps, C.; Goodheart, J.; Jensen, K.; Krug, P. J.; Layton, K. K. S.; Malaquias, M. A. E.; Martín-Hervás, M. R.; Neusser, T. P.; Padula, V.; Paz-Sedano, S.; Pola, M.; Trainito, E.; Valdés, Á.; Wägele, H.; Wilson, N. G.; Yonow, N.; Gosliner, T. M. (2026). Towards systematics-based guidelines for stable taxonomy: lessons from sea slugs. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 208(1): zlag141: 1-12., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag141 [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fionoidea)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Flabellinoidea) (from synonym Flabellinoidea Bergh, 1889)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Flabellinoidea Bergh, 1889)
To The Arctic Traits Database (1 trait) (from synonym Flabellinoidea Bergh, 1889)