Flabellinidae is a

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of brightly coloured

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s, specifically

nudibranch Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs which shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have been given colourful nicknames to matc ...

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

s. This family has no subfamilies.

Genera and species

Genera within the family Flabellinidae include:Bouchet, P. (2011)
Flabellinidae Bergh, 1889.
In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2018-01-13. * '' Calmella'' Eliot, 1910 * '' Carronella'' Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017 * '' Coryphellina'' O'Donoghue, 1929 * '' Edmundsella'' Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017 * '' Flabellina'' Gray, 1833 * ''

Paraflabellina ''Paraflabellina'' is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). A ...

'' Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q138293 Gastropod families