Cuthonella ferruginea

Cuthonella ferruginea is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cuthonellidae.[2]

Cuthonella ferruginea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Fionoidea
Family:
Cuthonellidae
Genus:
Cuthonella
Species:
C. ferruginea
Binomial name
Cuthonella ferruginea
Friele, 1902[1]

Distribution

This species was described from a single specimen collected at 600 m depth between the Faeroe Islands and Iceland at 64°53′N 10°00′W.

References
  1. Friele, H. (1902). Mollusken der ersten Nordmeerfahrt des Fischereidamfers “Michael Sars” 1900 unter Leitung von Herrn Dr. Johan Hjort. Bergens Museums Aarbog (3):1-19, pls. 1-4.
  2. Gofas, S. (2016). Cuthonella ferruginea. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-22.
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