Spurilla faustina

Spurilla faustina is a rare species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Aeolidiidae.[1]

Spurilla faustina
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:
Aeolidiidae
Genus:
Spurilla
Species:
S. faustina
Binomial name
Spurilla faustina
(Bergh, 1900)
Synonyms[1]

Aeolidiella faustina Bergh, 1900

References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Spurilla faustina. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599252 on 2012-06-07
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Sea Slug Forum


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