Tethydidae
| Tethydidae | |
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| Tethys fimbria on the sand bottom with a broad oral hood on the left (the head end) and a body with two rows of spotted cerata | |
| Melibe leonina | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Dendronotacea |
| Superfamily: | Dendronotoidea |
| Family: | Tethydidae Rafinesque, 1815 |
| Type genus | |
| Tethys Linnaeus, 1767
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| Diversity | |
| 2 genera 20 valid species and 3 uncertain species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Tethydidae is a family of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, in the superfamily Dendronotoidea.