Marionia blainvillea

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Marionia blainvillea
File:Marionia blainvillea adulte (Risso, 1818).jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Tritoniidae
Genus: Marionia
Species:
M. blainvillea
Binomial name
Marionia blainvillea
(Risso, 1818)[1]
Synonyms
  • Duvaucelia gracilis Risso, 1826
  • Bergh, 1883 (misspelling)
  • Cantraine, 1835 Tritonia meyeri
  • Tritonia acuminata (Vérany, 1862)
  • Marionia berghii A. Costa, 1840
  • R. A. Philippi, 1844 Tritonia thethydea
  • Tritonia blainvillea Delle Chiaje, 1841
  • Marionia affinis Vayssière, 1879
  • Risso, 1818 Tritonia costae
  • Marionia tethydea (Vérany, 1846)
  • Tritonia quadrilatera Tritonia decaphylla

Marionia blainvillea is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.[2]

Distribution

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.

File:Marionia blainvillea juvénile (Risso, 1818).jpg
Photo of a juvenile.
File:Marionia blainvillea juvénile (Risso, 1818) .jpg
Photo of a juvenile.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 (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.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818). Accessed on 2021-01-15
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (October 1) Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2021) Marionia blainvillea in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 16/05/2012. Accessed: 15/01/2021.