{{Short description|Family of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Curnonidae | authority = d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2017 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = Charcotiidae <small>Odhner, 1926</small> (invalid: type genus a junior homonym) }}
'''Curnonidae''' is a small family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs, in the clade Nudibranchia.
==Description== The Curnonidae are a small family of nudibranchs with representatives in the Southern Ocean including South Africa.<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Curnonidae d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1052376 on 2019-09-05</ref><ref>Wägele, H. (1991) Studies on the morphology and anatomy of the Antarctic nudibranch genera ''Pseudotritonia'' Thiele, 1912 and ''Telarma'' Odhner, 1934 with a discussion of the family Charcotiidae Odhner, 1926 (Nudibranchia: Opisthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 101: 359-389.</ref>
==Etymology== The genus name was originally a tribute to Dr. Jean Charcot, who led the expedition which discovered this species.
==Genera == Genera and species within the family Curnonidae include: * ''Curnon'' <small>d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2017</small> ** ''Curnon granulosa'' <small>(Vayssière, 1906)</small> * ''Pseudotritonia'' <small>Thiele, 1912</small> ** ''Pseudotritonia antarctica'' <small>(Odhner, 1934)</small> ** ''Pseudotritonia gracilidens'' <small>Odhner, 1944</small> ** ''Pseudotritonia quadrangularis'' <small>Thiele, 1912</small> Names brought into synonymy: * ''Charcotia'' <small>Vayssière, 1906</small> : synonym of ''Curnon'' <small>d'Udekem d'Acoz, 2017</small> (invalid: junior homonym of ''Charcotia'' <small>Chevreux, 1906 (January)</small> [Amphipoda]; ''Curnon'' is a replacement name) * ''Telarma'' <small>Odhner, 1934</small> synonym of ''Pseudotritonia'' <small>Thiele, 1912</small>
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Category:Nudibranchs Category:Gastropod families