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 Fionoidea > Family Fionidae

Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Oithona*	Alder & Hancock, 1851	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Hymenaeolis*	A. Costa, 1866	synonym

Children

Fiona pinnata (Eschscholtz, 1831)

Literature

original description	Forbes, E.; Hanley, S. C. T. (1848-1853). A history of British Mollusca and their shells. London, van Voorst. 4 vols., 2064 pp., 203 pls.
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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853. 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:138007