Biology:Favorinus (gastropod)

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Favorinus
Favorinus-blianus 1334.jpg
Favorinus blianus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Aeolidioidea
Family: Facelinidae
Genus: Favorinus
M. E. Gray, 1850[1]
Type species
Eolis alba Alder & Hancock, 1844
Synonyms[2]

Matharena Bergh in Mörch, 1871

Favorinus is a genus of small sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Facelinidae.[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

  1. Gray (1850) Figs. Moll. Anim. 4: 109.
  2. 2.0 2.1 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

Wikidata ☰ Q3067645 entry