''Catriona'' is a
genus
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of
sea slug
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s, aeolid
nudibranch
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s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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s in the
family
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Trinchesiidae
Trinchesiidae is a family of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea.
Taxonomic history
This family was reinstated as a result of a molecular phylogenetics study.Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picto ...
. All species were transferred to ''
Tenellia'' as a result of a DNA phylogeny study in 2016. It was reinstated in 2017 on the basis of DNA and morphological criteria.
Species within the genus ''Catriona'' include:
[Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2015)]
''Catriona'' Winckworth, 1941.
Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-09.
* ''
Catriona aurantia''
(Alder & Hancock, 1842) - type species of ''Catriona''
* ''
Catriona casha''
Gosliner & Griffiths, 1981
* ''
Catriona columbiana''
(O'Donoghue, 1922)
* ''
Catriona gymnota''
(Couthouy, 1838)
* ''
Catriona lonca''
Er. Marcus, 1965
* ''
Catriona maua''
Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960
* ''
Catriona nigricolora''
(Baba, 1955)
* ''
Catriona oba''
Ev. Marcus, 1970
* ''
Catriona pinnifera''
(Baba, 1949)
* ''
Catriona rickettsi''
Behrens, 1984
* ''
Catriona signifera''
Baba, 1961
* ''
Catriona susa''
Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960
* ''
Catriona tema''
Edmunds, 1968
* ''
Catriona urquisa''
Er. Marcus, 1965
* ''
Catriona venusta''
(Baba, 1949)
Species names currently considered to be synonyms:
* ''Catriona anulata''
(Baba, 1949): synonym of ''
Trinchesia anulata''
(Baba, 1949)
* ''Catriona catachroma''
Burn, 1963 synonym of ''
Trinchesia catachroma''
(Burn, 1963)
* ''Catriona ornata''
(Baba, 1937): synonym of ''
Trinchesia ornata''
(Baba, 1937)
* ''Catriona perca''
Marcus Er., 1958 synonym of ''
Cuthona perca''
(Er. Marcus, 1958)
* ''Catriona puellula''
(Baba, 1955): synonym of ''
Cuthona puellula''
(Baba, 1955)
* ''Catriona pupillae''
Baba, 1961 synonym of ''
Trinchesia pupillae''
(Baba, 1961)
* ''Catriona viridiana''
Burn, 1962 synonym of ''
Trinchesia viridiana''
(Burn, 1962)
References
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Trinchesiidae
Gastropod genera