Marionia blainvillea
Appearance
Marionia blainvillea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Family: | Tritoniidae |
Genus: | Marionia |
Species: | M. blainvillea
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Binomial name | |
Marionia blainvillea | |
Synonyms | |
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Marionia blainvillea is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species was described from the Mediterranean Sea.[1] It is reported from the Atlantic Ocean as far north as the Bay of Biscay.[3][4]
Juveniles of the species are white, as shown below.
References
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- ^ a b (in French) Risso A. (1818). "Memoire sur quelques Gasteropodes nouveaux, Nudibranches et Tectibranches observes dans la Mer de Nice". Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts 87: 368-377. Marionia blainvillea is on the page 371.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818). Accessed on 2021-01-15
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2001 (October 1) Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2021) Marionia blainvillea in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 16/05/2012. Accessed: 15/01/2021.