Marionia blainvillea

Marionia blainvillea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Family:	Tritoniidae
Genus:	Marionia
Species:	M. blainvillea
Binomial name
	Marionia blainvillea; (Risso, 1818)[1]
Synonyms
	Tritonia meyeri (Vérany, 1852) ; Tritonia acuminata Costa, 1840 ;

Marionia blainvillea is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from the Mediterranean Sea.[1] It is reported from the Atlantic Ocean as far north as the Bay of Biscay.[3][4]

Juveniles of the species are white, as shown below.

Photo of a juvenile.

Photo of a juvenile.

(in French) Risso A. (1818). "Memoire sur quelques Gasteropodes nouveaux, Nudibranches et Tectibranches observes dans la Mer de Nice". Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts 87: 368-377. Marionia blainvillea is on the page 371.
MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818). Accessed on 2021-01-15
Rudman, W.B., 2001 (October 1) Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2021) Marionia blainvillea in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 16/05/2012. Accessed: 15/01/2021.

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