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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Clade: | Dexiarchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Family: | Embletoniidae Pruvot-Fol, 1954 |
Genus: | Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851 |
Type species | |
Pterochilus pulcher Alder & Hancock, 1844
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Embletonia is a genus of gastropods in the suborder Cladobranchia. It is the only family in the monotypic family Embletoniidae.[1]
The genus Embletonia and its parent family Embletoniidae were named after Dennis Embleton, a British naturalist (1810-1900). Two genera are recognised:[1]
Species of the genus have a cosmopolitan distribution.[2]
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Embletoniidae |
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