Trinchesia genovae

Trinchesia genovae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.

Distribution

This species was described from Genoa, Italy. It has been reported from the NE Atlantic from Mulroy Bay, County Donegal

and Lough Hyne, County Cork, Ireland south to Portugal and in the Mediterranean Sea.

Description

This species was previously confused with Trinchesia foliata. The typical adult size of this species is 5–6 mm.

References

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213

External links

• Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1