''Cuthonella'' is a
genus
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of
sea slug
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s, specifically
aeolid nudibranch
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s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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s in the
family
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Cuthonellidae
Cuthonellidae is a family of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea
Fionoidea is a superfamily of small sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs. They are gastropod mollusks within the suborder Cladobranch ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cuthonella'' include:
[Cella, K; Carmona Barnosi, L.; Ekimova, I; Chichvarkhin, A; Schepetov, D; Gosliner, T. M. (2016)]
''A radical solution: The phylogeny of the nudibranch family Fionidae.''
PLoS ONE. 11(12): e0167800.
* ''
Cuthonella abyssicola
''Cuthonella'' is a genus of sea slugs, specifically Aeolidida, aeolid nudibranchs, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Cuthonellidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cuthonella'' include:Cella, K; Car ...
'' Bergh, 1884
* ''
Cuthonella berghi'' Friele, 1902
* ''
Cuthonella cocoachroma'' (Williams & Gosliner, 1979)
* ''
Cuthonella concinna'' (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
* ''
Cuthonella elenae'' Martynov, 2000
* ''
Cuthonella elioti'' Odhner, 1944
* ''
Cuthonella ferruginea'' Friele, 1902
* ''
Cuthonella hiemalis'' (Roginskaya, 1987)
* ''
Cuthonella modesta'' Eliot, 1907
* ''
Cuthonella norvegica'' Odhner, 1929
* ''
Cuthonella osyoro'' (Baba, 1940)
* ''
Cuthonella soboli'' Martynov, 1992
Species originally described in ''Cuthonella'' but currently placed in synonymy include:
* ''Cuthonella antarctica'' Eliot, 1907 synonym of ''
Cuthonella elioti'' Odhner, 1944
* ''Cuthonella paradoxa'' Eliot, 1907 synonym of ''
Guyvalvoria paradoxa'' (Eliot, 1907)
References
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Cuthonellidae
Gastropod genera