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

Dendronotoidea Allman, 1845

Rank: Superfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Superfamily group names

*Dendronotidae*	Allman, 1845	taxonomically included in
*Dotidae*	Gray, 1853	taxonomically included in
*Hancockiidae*	MacFarland, 1923	taxonomically included in
*Lomanotidae*	Bergh, 1890	taxonomically included in
*Phylliroidae*	Menke, 1830	taxonomically included in
*Scyllaeidae*	Alder & Hancock, 1855	taxonomically included in
*Tethydidae*	Rafinesque, 1815	taxonomically included in
*Dendronotida*		synonym

Children

Dendronotidae Allman, 1845
Dotidae Gray, 1853
Hancockiidae MacFarland, 1923
Lomanotidae Bergh, 1890
Phylliroidae Menke, 1830
Scyllaeidae Alder & Hancock, 1855
Tethydidae Rafinesque, 1815

Literature

basis of record	Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.
taxonomy source	Goodheart, J. A.; Bazinet, A. L.; Valdés, Á.; Collins, A. G.; Cummings, M. P. (2017). Prey preference follows phylogeny: evolutionary dietary patterns within the marine gastropod group Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia). BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17(1).

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dendronotoidea Allman, 1845. 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:182