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(Redirected from Occidenthella athadona) Genus of gastropods

Occidenthella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Flabellinidae
Genus: Occidenthella
Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
Species: O. athadona
Binomial name
Occidenthella athadona
(Bergh, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Coryphella athadona Bergh, 1875
  • Flabellina athadona (Bergh, 1875)

Occidenthella is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, in the family Flabellinidae. The only described species is Occidenthella athadona, a combination named in 2017. It was originally described as Coryphella athadona in 1875. The genus name Occidenthella, from occidens, meaning "west" in Latin, refers to its distribution in the Western Pacific Ocean.

In the 2017 publication, it was placed in the reinstated family Coryphellidae.

Notes

  1. As Occidentella, an invalid junior homonym of Occidentella Hoffmann, 1929, a genus of gastropods in the family Onchidiidae.

References

  1. ^ Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys. 717: 1-139.
  2. ^ Bergh, L. S. R. 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Aeolidiaden. III. Verhandlungen der königlichkaiserlich Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (Abhandlungen) 25:633-658, pls. 13-15.
  3. ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Occidenthella athadona (Bergh, 1875)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  4. ^ Bouchet, P.; Picton, B. (2018). Occidenthella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2018-01-14.
  5. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (July 17) Flabellina athadona (Bergh, 1875). Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Accessed 9 January 2019.
  6. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Coryphellidae Bergh, 1889". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
Taxon identifiers
Occidenthella
Flabellina athadona
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