Trinchesia genovae

Trinchesia genovae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.[2]

Trinchesia genovae
Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
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:
Trinchesiidae
Genus:
Trinchesia
Species:
T. genovae
Binomial name
Trinchesia genovae
Synonyms
  • Amphorina alberti Quatrefages, 1844 non Trinchese, 1877
  • Cratena genovae O'Donoghue, 1929
  • Cuthona genovae (O'Donoghue, 1929)
  • Tenellia genovae (O'Donoghue, 1929)

Distribution

This species was described from Genoa, Italy. It has been reported from the NE Atlantic from Mulroy Bay, County Donegal [3] and Lough Hyne, County Cork, Ireland[4] south to Portugal and in the Mediterranean Sea. [5] [6]

Description

This species was previously confused with Tenellia foliata.[7] The typical adult size of this species is 5–6 mm.[8]

References
  1. O'Donoghue, C. H. (1929). XXXVIII. Report on the Opisthobranchia. In: Zoological results of the Cambridge Expedition to the Suez Canal, 1924. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 22(6):713-841.
  2. Picton, B. (2017). Trinchesia genovae (O'Donoghue, 1929). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1037407 on 2017-12-06
  3. Nunn J (1994). Cuthona genovae (O'Donoghue, 1926) (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) from the North Coast of Ireland. Irish Nat J 24:416–417 83.
  4. Picton, B. E., & K. Wilson, (1984). Cuthona genovae (O'Donoghue 1926), an aeolid nudibranch new to the fauna of the British Isles. Journal of Conchology 31:349-352.
  5. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2010). Cuthona genovae (O'Donoghue, 1926) [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
  6. Rudman, W.B. (2008 May 1). Cuthona genovae (O'Donoghue, 1926). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  7. Bouchet, P. (1977). Trinchesia genovae (O'Donoghue, 1926) éolidien méconnu du littoral Méditerranéen. Vie et Milieu, ser. A, Biologie Marine 26(2):235-242.
  8. Thompson, T.E. and Brown, G.H. (1984). Biology of Opisthobranch Molluscs, Volume II. The Ray Society. 229 pages 41 plates, 40 figures
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
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