Phyllidia picta  Pruvot-Fol, 1957
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Taxonomy:
Class: Gastropoda  Cuvier, 1797
Subclass: Heterobranchia  J.E. Gray, 1840
Clade: Euthyneura  Spengel, 1881
Clade: Nudipleura  Wägele & Willan, 2000
Order: Nudibranchia  Cuvier, 1817
Suborder: Euctenidiacea  Tardy, 1970
Infraorder: Doridacea  Thiele, 1931
Superfamily: Phyllidioidea  Rafinesque, 1814
Family: Phyllidiidae  Rafinesque, 1814
Genus: Phyllidia  Cuvier, 1797
Species: Phyllidia picta Pruvot-Fol, 1957

formerly placed in the Order: NUDIBRANCHIA, in the Subclass: OPISTHOBRANCHIA
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originally posted at these websites as Fryeria menindie Brunckhorst, 1993
Fryeria menindie Brunckhorst, 1993 was shown by Yonow, 1996 to be a junior synonym of 
Phyllidia picta Pruvot-Fol, 1957, which Yonow showed was in fact a species of Fryeria. 

according to 
Valdés, A. & Gosliner, T. M. (1999). Phylogeny systematic of the radula-less dorids (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) with the description of a new genus and a new family. Zoologica Scripta, 28: 315 - 360
is the genus Fryeria  " simply a sub group of Phyllidia". 

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