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 Arminoidea > Family Arminidae

Armina Rafinesque, 1814

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Diphyllidia*	Blainville, 1819	synonym
*Linguella*	Blainville, 1823	synonym
*Pleurophyllidia*	Meckel, 1816	synonym
*Sancara*	Bergh, 1861	synonym

Children

Armina loveni (Bergh, 1866)
Armina maculata Rafinesque, 1814
Armina neapolitana (Delle Chiaje, 1824)
Armina quadrilateralis (Bergh, 1861)
Armina rubida (A. Gould, 1852)
Armina tigrina Rafinesque, 1814
Armina tricuspidata T. E. Thompson, Cattaneo & Wong, 1990
Pleurophyllidia henneguyi Labbé, 1922

Literature

original description	Rafinesque, C.S. (1814). Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz entre 1800 et 1814; ou choix raisonné de ses principales découvertes en zoologie et en botanique, pour servir d'introduction à ses ouvrages futurs. [Summary of the discoveries and somiological works of Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz between 1800 and 1814; or reasoned selection of his principal discoveries in zoology and botany, to serve as an introduction to his future works.]. Palerme. :1-55.
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	Miller, M. C. & Willan, R. C. (1986). A review of New Zealand arminacean nudibranchs (Opisthobranchia: Arminacea). New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 13 (3): 377-408.
additional source	Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Armina Rafinesque, 1814. 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:137677