Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Cladobranchia > Superfamily Tritonioidea > Family Tritoniidae > Subfamily Tritoniinae

Tritonia Cuvier, 1797

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sphaerostoma*	MacGillivray, 1843	synonym
*Tritonia (Candiella)*	Gray, 1850	synonym; alternate representation

Children

Tritonia callogorgiae Chimienti, Furfaro & Taviani, 2020
Tritonia episcopalis Bouchet, 1977
Tritonia griegi Odhner, 1922
Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803
Tritonia odhneri Er. Marcus, 1959

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ホクヨウウミウシ属

Literature

original description	Cuvier, G. (1797). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. [Elementary table of the natural history of animals.]. Baudoin, Paris. i-xvi, 1-710, Pl. 1-14. [pdf is for copepods :449-456].
taxonomy source	Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A. (2020). Consolidated data on the phylogeny and evolution of the family Tritoniidae (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) contribute to genera reassessment and clarify the taxonomic status of the neuroscience models Tritonia and Tochuina. PLOS ONE. 15(11): e0242103.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tritonia Cuvier, 1797. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138580