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 Dendronotoidea > Family Tethydidae > Genus Tethys

Tethys fimbria Linnaeus, 1767

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tethys*	Linnaeus, 1767	accepted genus name
*Tethys*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Species group names

*Tethys cornigera*	Macri, 1816	synonym
*Tethys leporina*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Tethys parthenopeia*	Macri, 1816	synonym
*Tethys polyphylla*	Macri, 1816	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

French: téthys sources: DORIS: Données d'Observations pour la Reconnaissance et l'Identification de la faune et de la flore Subaquatiques.

Italian: fimbria

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767].
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Edmunds M. & Carmona L. (2017). Heterobranchia Mollusca from Ghana: The traditionally called Dendronotacea and Arminacea. Journal of Conchology. 42(5): 339-356.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tethys fimbria Linnaeus, 1767. 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:141643