Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Mollusca - (Class) Gastropoda - (Order) Nudibranchia - (Family) Scyllaeidae

Original position

Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Scyllaeidae (Family) Alder & Hancock, 1855

Original entries

Scyllaea pelagica Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Scyllaeidae (Family) Alder & Hancock, 1855

Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2001: 204.

Alternative positions

Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1094.

Historical positions

Dendronotoidea (Superfamily) Sars, 1878	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 341. [rough position]
Scyllaeidae (Family) Alder & Hancock, 1855	Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2001: 204.
Scyllaeidae (Family) Alder & Hancock, 1855	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 229.
Nudibranchia (Order) Cuvier, 1814	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Scyllaeidae (Family) Alder & Hancock, 1855	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1048.
Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1072, 1094.
Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 644, 656. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[1s]