Capellinia fustifera

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Capellinia fustifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Eubranchidae
Genus: Capellinia
Species:
C. fustifera
Binomial name
Capellinia fustifera
(Lovén, 1846)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tergipes fustifer Lovén, 1846

Capellinia fustifera is a species of sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae.[2]

Distribution[edit]

This species was described from Bohüslan, Norway.[1] It has also been reported from the Atlantic coast of France and the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland as Eubranchus doriae.[3][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Lovén, S.L. (1846). Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar. (1846): 134-160, 182-204. [Offprint: pp. 1-50], page(s): 139 (7 in offprint)
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Capellinia fustifera (Lovén, 1846). Accessed on 2021-04-09.
  3. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2002 (June 6) Eubranchus doriae (Trinchese, 1874). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ^ Picton B.E. & Morrow C.C., 1994: A Field Guide to the Nudibranchs of the British Isles.; Immel Publishing Ltd., London, page 114.