Cuthona distans
| Cuthona distans | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Tergipedidae |
| Genus: | Cuthona |
| Species: | C. distans |
| Binomial name | |
| Cuthona distans Odhner, 1922[1] | |
Cuthona distans is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from the Varangerfjord, near Vadsø in Finnmark, Norway. However, this nudibranch has not been seen since it was first described by Odhner in 1922.[3]
References
- ↑ Odhner, N. H. (1922). Norwegian opisthobranchiate Mollusca in the collections of the Zoological Museum of Kristiania. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 60:1-47, Accessed 2014.2.15
- ↑ Gofas, S. (2014). Cuthona distans Odhner, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-12.
- ↑ Evertsen J., & Bakken T. (2005). Nudibranch diversity (Heterobranchia, Gastropoda) along the coast of Norway. Fauna norvegica 25: 1-37
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