Favorinus (gastropod)
| Favorinus | |
|---|---|
| Favorinus blianus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
| Family: | Favorinidae Bergh, 1889[2] |
| Genus: | Favorinus M. E. Gray, 1850[1] |
| Type species | |
| Eolis alba Alder & Hancock, 1844 | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
|
Matharena Bergh in Mörch, 1871 | |
Favorinus is a genus of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, within the superfamily Aeolidioidea, and the only member of the family Favorinidae.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Favorinus include:
- Favorinus auritulus Er. Marcus, 1955
- Favorinus blianus Lemche & Thompson, 1974
- Favorinus branchialis (Rathke, 1806)
- Favorinus elenalexiae Garcia F. & Troncoso, 2001
- Favorinus ghanensis Edmunds, 1968
- Favorinus japonicus Baba, 1949
- Favorinus joubini (Risbec, 1928)
- Favorinus mirabilis Baba, 1955
- Favorinus pacificus Baba, 1937
- Favorinus pannuceus Burn, 1962
- Favorinus perfoliatus Baba, 1949
- Favorinus tsuruganus Baba & Abe, 1964
- Favorinus vitreus Ortea, 1982
- Species brought into synonymy
- Favorinus albidus Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923: synonym of Favorinus branchialis (Rathke, 1806) (synonym)
- Favorinus albus Odhner, 1914: synonym of Dicata odhneri Schmekel, 1967 (dubious synonym)
- Favorinus albus (Alder & Hancock, 1844): synonym of Favorinus branchialis (Rathke, 1806)
- Favorinus horridus Macnae, 1954: synonym of Phyllodesmium horridum (Macnae, 1954)
References
- ^ Gray (1850) Figs. Moll. Anim. 4: 109.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ WoRMS (2012). Favorinus M.E. Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138006 on 2012-06-03
Further reading
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
External links
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- Gray, J.E. (1850). Explanation of plates and list of genera. In: M.E. Gray, Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors. Vol. 4. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London, 124 pp
- Mörch, O.A.L. (1871) Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Daniae, Fortegnelse over de i de Danske Have forekommende Blöddyr. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn, 1871(11–14), 157–225
- http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz/ Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone