Embletonia

Embletonia
Embletonia gracilis
Embletonia pulchra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Superfamily: Embletonioidea
Pruvot-Fol, 1954
Family: Embletoniidae
Pruvot-Fol, 1954
Genus: Embletonia
Alder & Hancock, 1851
Type species
Pterochilus pulcher
Alder & Hancock, 1844
Synonyms

Genus

  • Embletoniella Baba, 1967
  • Pterochilus Alder & Hancock, 1844

Embletonia is a genus of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Embletoniidae, itself the only member of the superfamily Embletonioidea.