Catriona (gastropod)

Catriona
Catriona aurantia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Catriona
Winckworth, 1941
Type species
Eolis aurantia
Alder & Hancock, 1842

Catriona is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trinchesiidae. All species were transferred to Tenellia as a result of a DNA phylogeny study in 2016. It was reinstated in 2017 on the basis of DNA and morphological criteria.

Species within the genus Catriona include:

Species names currently considered to be synonyms:

  • Catriona anulata (Baba, 1949): synonym of Trinchesia anulata (Baba, 1949)
  • Catriona beta (Baba & Abe 1964): synonym of Tenellia beta (Baba & Abe 1964)
  • Catriona casha (Gosliner & R. J. Griffiths, 1981): synonym of Tenellia casha (Gosliner & R. J. Griffiths, 1981)
  • Catriona catachroma (Burn, 1963) synonym of Trinchesia catachroma (Burn, 1963)
  • Catriona columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922): synonym of Tenellia columbiana(O'Donoghue, 1922)
  • Catriona gymnota (Couthouy, 1838): synonym of Tenellia gymnota (Couthouy, 1838)
  • Catriona kishiwadensis (Martynov, Korshunova, Lundin & Malmberg, 2022): synonym of Tenellia kishiwadensis (Martynov, Korshunova, Lundin & Malmberg, 2022)
  • Catriona ornata (Baba, 1937): synonym of Trinchesia ornata (Baba, 1937)
  • Catriona perca (Marcus Er., 1958) synonym of Cuthona perca (Er. Marcus, 1958)
  • Catriona puellula (Baba, 1955): synonym of Cuthona puellula (Baba, 1955)
  • Catriona pupillae Baba, 1961 synonym of Trinchesia pupillae (Baba, 1961)
  • Catriona viridiana (Burn, 1962) synonym of Trinchesia viridiana (Burn, 1962)
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