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 Aeolidioidea > Family Aeolidiidae

Aeolidia Cuvier, 1798

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eolidia*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Eolis*	Cuvier, 1805	orthographic variant
*Aeolis*	Menke, 1844	synonym; nom. inval.

Children

Aeolidia campbellii (Cunningham, 1871)
Aeolidia filomenae Kienberger, Carmona, Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2016
Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761)
Eolidia bellardii Vérany, 1846
Eolidia casaretii Vérany, 1846
Eolidia defilippii Vérany, 1846
Eolidia demartinii Vérany, 1846
Eolidia durazzii Vérany, 1846
Eolidia gandolfii Vérany, 1846
Eolidia grubbi Vérany, 1853
Eolidia janii Vérany, 1846
Eolidia panizzae Vérany, 1846
Eolidia tergipedina Vérany, 1846
Eolidia whately Vérany, 1846
Eolidia zetlandica Forbes & Goodsir, 1839
Eolis cuvieri Lamarck, 1819
Eolis gigas A. Costa, 1866
Eolis timida Trinchese, 1873

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].
additional source	Kienberger K., Carmona L., Pola M., Padula V., Gosliner T.M. & Cervera J.L. (2016). Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761) (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia), single species or a cryptic species complex? A morphological and molecular study. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177: 481-506.
status source	ICZN. (1966). Opinion 779. Aeolidia Cuvier, 1797 (Gastropoda): placed on the official list of generic names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 23: 100-101.
subsequent type designation	Alder, J. & A. Hancock. (1845-55). A monograph of the British Nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species. Ray Society, London. 1-54, pls.1-48.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aeolidia Cuvier, 1798. 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:137630