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Tritonia hombergii
Drawing of Tritonia hombergii from Kunstformen der Natur (1904)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Family:	Tritoniidae
Genus:	Tritonia
Species:	T. hombergii
Binomial name
Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803
Synonyms
Sphaerostoma jamesonii MacGillivray, 1843 Sphaerostoma jamiesoni MacGillivray, 1843 Tritonia alba Alder & Hancock, 1854 Tritonia atrofusca MacGillivray, 1843 Tritonia conifera Dalyell, 1853 Tritonia divaricata Dalyell, 1853 Tritonia hombergi Cuvier, 1803 Tritonia pustulosa Deshayes, 1853

Tritonia hombergii is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.

Tritonia hombergii is the type species of the genus Tritonia.

Distribution

This species was described from Le Havre, France. It is frequently found in the NE Atlantic Ocean feeding on the soft coral Alcyonium digitatum.

References

1. Cuvier G.L., (1803). Mémoire sur le genre Tritonia, avec la description et l'anatomie d'une espèce nouvelle, Tritonia hombergii. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle : 1:480-496, pl. 31-32.
2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803. Accessed on 2021-01-07.
3. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (September 16) Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
4. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2016). Tritonia hombergii (Cuvier, 1803). Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2021-01-07.

External links

• Photos of Tritonia hombergii on Sealife Collection

• Tritoniidae
• Gastropods described in 1803
• Taxa named by Georges Cuvier