Favorinus is a genus of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, within the superfamily Aeolidioidea, and the only member of the family Favorinidae.
Species
Species within the genus Favorinus include:
- Favorinus auritulus <small>Er. Marcus, 1955</small>
- Favorinus blianus <small>Lemche & Thompson, 1974</small>
- Favorinus branchialis <small>(Rathke, 1806)</small>
- Favorinus elenalexiae <small>Garcia F. & Troncoso, 2001</small>
- Favorinus ghanensis <small>Edmunds, 1968</small>
- Favorinus japonicus <small>Baba, 1949</small>
- Favorinus joubini <small>(Risbec, 1928)</small>
- Favorinus mirabilis <small>Baba, 1955</small>
- Favorinus pacificus <small>Baba, 1937</small>
- Favorinus pannuceus <small>Burn, 1962</small>
- Favorinus perfoliatus <small>Baba, 1949</small>
- Favorinus tsuruganus <small>Baba & Abe, 1964</small>
- Favorinus vitreus <small>Ortea, 1982</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Favorinus albidus <small>Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923</small>: synonym of Favorinus branchialis <small>(Rathke, 1806)</small> (synonym)
- Favorinus albus <small>Odhner, 1914</small>: synonym of Dicata odhneri <small>Schmekel, 1967</small> (dubious synonym)
- Favorinus albus <small>(Alder & Hancock, 1844)</small>: synonym of Favorinus branchialis <small>(Rathke, 1806)</small>
- Favorinus horridus <small>Macnae, 1954</small>: synonym of Phyllodesmium horridum <small>(Macnae, 1954)</small>
References
Further reading
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180âÂÂ213
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
External links
- Gray, J.E. (1850). Explanation of plates and list of genera. In: M.E. Gray, Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors. Vol. 4. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London, 124 pp
- Mörch, O.A.L. (1871) Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Daniae, Fortegnelse over de i de Danske Have forekommende Blöddyr. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn, 1871(11âÂÂ14), 157âÂÂ225
- http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz/ Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone