Favorinus blianus

Favorinus blianus
Favorinus blianus Dundrum Bay, Co Down, Irish Sea.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida

Superfamily: Aeolidioidea
Family: Facelinidae
Subfamily: Favorininae
Genus: Favorinus
Species: F. blianus
Binomial name
Favorinus blianus
(Lemche & Thompson, 1974)

Favorinus blianus is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch in the family Facelinidae.

Description

The maximum recorded length is 30 mm. [1]

Distribution

This species was described from Pembrokeshire, Wales[1] where it is a scarce animal. It has also been reported from Norway, England, Denmark, and Galicia, NW Spain. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Lemche H. & Thompson T.E. (1974). Three Opisthobranch Gastropods new to the British fauna. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 41: 185-193
  2. ↑ Thompson, 1988. Molluscs: Benthic Opisthobranchs. Linnean Society of London.

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