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 Cladobranchia incertae sedis

Embletoniidae Pruvot-Fol, 1954

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851

Literature

basis of record	Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July].
additional source	Edmunds, M. (2015). Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Ghana: Flabellinidae, Piseinotecidae, Eubranchidae & Embletoniidae. Journal of Conchology. 42(2): 105-124.
status source	Miller, M. C.; Willan, R. C. (1991). Redescription of Embletonia gracile Risbec, (Nudibranchia: Embletoniidae): relocation to suborder Dendronotacea with taxonomic and phylogenetic implications. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 58: 1-12.
status source	Goodheart, J. A.; Bleidißel, S.; Schillo, D.; Strong, E. E.; Ayres, D. L.; Preisfeld, A.; Collins, A. G.; Cummings, M. P.; Wägele, H. (2018). Comparative morphology and evolution of the cnidosac in Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia). Frontiers in Zoology. 15: 43.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Embletoniidae Pruvot-Fol, 1954. 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:153452