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Amphorina farrani
Plate from Alder & Hancock (1845-1855)
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:	Eubranchidae
Genus:	Amphorina
Species:	A. farrani
Binomial name
Amphorina farrani (Alder & Hancock, 1844)
Synonyms
Aeolis adelaidae Thompson, 1860 Amphorina alberti Quatrefages, 1844 Cavolina farrani (Alder & Hancock, 1844) Eolidia flavescens Risso, 1826 Eolis adelaidae Thompson W., 1859 Eolis andreapolis MacIntosh, 1865 Eolis farrani Alder & Hancock, 1844 (basionym) Eolis robertianae MacIntosh, 1865 Galvina farrani (Alder & Hancock, 1844) Galvina flava Trinchese, 1879

Amphorina farrani is a species of sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae. Several species of Eubranchus were transferred to Amphorina in 2020.

Distribution

This species was described from Malahide, Ireland. It has also been reported from the Atlantic coast of Norway and the Baltic Sea south to the Mediterranean Sea.

References

1. ^ Alder J. & Hancock A. (1844). Description of a new genus of nudibranchiate Mollusca, with some new species of Eolis. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13: 161-167, pages 164-5. page(s): 164
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Amphorina farrani (Alder & Hancock, 1844). Accessed on 2020-04-04.
3. Korshunova, T.; Malmberg, K.; Prkić, J.; Petani, A.; Fletcher, K.; Lundin, K.; Martynov, A. (2020). Fine-scale species delimitation: speciation in process and periodic patterns in nudibranch diversity. ZooKeys. 917: 15-50.
4. Rudman, W.B., 2003 (October 14) Eubranchus farrani (Alder & Hancock, 1844). Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
5. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Eubranchus farrani (Alder & Hancock, 1844). Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2015-12-27.

• Eubranchidae
• Gastropods described in 1844