Pseudovermidae
TaxonPseudovermidae
Type genusPseudovermis
Type genus authorityPeriaslavzeff, 1891
AuthorityThiele, 1931[1]
Subdivision ranksGenera
SubdivisionSee Genera

Pseudovermidae is a taxonomic family of minute nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs, within the superfamily Cumanotoidea.[2] These extremely small sea slugs are meiofauna, living among sand grains.

Genera

According to Korshunova and colleagues (2025), the following genera are recognised in the family Pseudovermidae:[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ Thiele J. (1931) Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde, 1(2): 453.
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  3. ^ Korshunova, Tatiana; Fletcher, Karin; Martynov, Alexander (2025-08-01). "The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057. ISSN 0024-4082
  4. ^ Powell A. W. B. (1979) New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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