Catriona aurantia

Catriona aurantia
The nudibranch Catriona aurantia, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Catriona
Species:
C. aurantia
Binomial name
Catriona aurantia
(Alder & Hancock, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Aeolis bellula LovĂ©n, 1846
  • Cuthona aurantia Alder & Hancock, 1842
  • Eolis aurantia Alder & Hancock, 1842
  • Eolis aurantiaca Alder & Hancock, 1851
  • Tenellia aurantia Alder & Hancock, 1842

Catriona aurantia is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trinchesiidae. It was incorrectly synonymised with Catriona gymnota from the Western Atlantic but shown to be a distinct species by DNA analysis.

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