Thorunna

Thorunna
A live individual of Thorunna furtiva, head end towards the right and turned towards the camera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Thorunna
Bergh, 1878[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Babaina Odhner in Franc, 1968
  • Digidentis Rudman, 1984

Thorunna is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Species

Species in the genus Thorunna include:[3]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Thorunna decussata (Risbec, 1928) : synonym of Noumea decussata Risbec, 1928: synonym of Verconia decussata (Risbec, 1928)
  • Thorunna lapislazuli Bertsch & Ferreira, 1974: synonym of Felimare lapislazuli (Bertsch & Ferreira, 1974)
  • Thorunna scottjohnsoni (Bertsch & Gosliner, 1989): synonym of Ardeadoris scottjohnsoni Bertsch & Gosliner, 1989
  • Thorunna speciosus Rudman, 1990: synonym of Thorunna speciosa Rudman, 1990
  • Thorunna tura (Marcus & Marcus, 1967): synonym of Mexichromis tura (Marcus & Marcus, 1967)

References

  1. Bergh R. (1878). In: Semper. Reis. Arch. Philipp. 2(2), Heft 13: 575.
  2. 1 2 Caballer, M.; Gofas, S. (2011). Thorunna Bergh, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456530 on 2012-05-28
  3. http://www.seaslugforum.net/search.cfm?searchstring=Thorunna

Further reading


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