Cuthona albopunctata

Cuthona albopunctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida

Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Tergipedidae
Genus: Cuthona
Species: C. albopunctata
Binomial name
Cuthona albopunctata
(Schmekel, 1968)[1]
Synonyms
  • Trinchesia albopunctata Schmekel, 1968

Cuthona albopunctata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tergipedidae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Ischia, Gulf of Naples, Italy. It has subsequently been reported from the east coast of Spain.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Schmekel L. (1968). Vier neue Cuthonidae aus dem Mittelmeer (Gastr. Nudibr.): Trinchesia albopunctata n. sp., Trinchesia miniostriata n. sp., Trinchesia ilonae n. sp. und Catriona maua Marcus & Marcus, 1960. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli 36: 437-457
  2. ↑ Gofas, S. (2014). Cuthona albopunctata (Schmekel, 1968). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141614 on 2015-01-31
  3. ↑ Cuthona albopunctata at OPK - Opistobranquis
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