Diaphorodoris alba

Diaphorodoris alba by Miquel Pontes

Diaphorodoris alba Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960 Taxonomic note: The systematic rank of the nudibranch Diaphorodoris luteocincta has been debated for many decades. Many authors considered the subspecies D. luteocincta var. alba and D. luteocincta var. reticulata variations of the same species, however the recent morphological and molecular analyses performed by Furfaro et al. (2016) clearly deny this conclusion, demostrating that they are two different species: D. alba and D. luteocincta respectively. Synonyms Diaphorodoris luteocincta…

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Trinchesia morrowae

Trinchesia morrowae by Enric Madrenas

Trinchesia morrowae  Korshunova, Picton, Furfaro, Mariottini, Pontes, Prkić, Fletcher, Malmberg, Lundin & Martynov, 2019 This species is similar to Trinchesia caerulea, quite frequent in the Western Mediterranean, in fact they were considered synonyms until the work published by Korshunova et al. (2019). Synonyms Cuthona caerulea auct., e.g. Thompson & Brown (1984)16, Schmeckel & Portmann (1982)34, Picton & Morrow (1994)31 non Doris caerulea Montagu, 1804. Description This is a small species,…

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Ringicula conformis

Ringicula conformis @ Croatia by Pero Ugarković

Ringicula conformis Monterosato 1877 Synonyms Ringicula barashi Di Geronimo, 1975 Ringicula moritzi de Folin, 1870 Ringicula someri de Folin, 1867 Description Biology Etymology Ringicula. From Latin “ringor, ringi”, angry, snarl, show the teeth. Conformis. From Latin “conformis”, like, similar. Distribution More pictures

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Ringicula buccinea

Ringicula buccinea (Brocchi,1814) [MIOCENE]

Ringicula buccinea  (Brocchi, 1814) Synonyms Ringicula pisum Auricula buccinea Description Biology Etymology Ringicula. From Latin “ringor, ringi”, angry, snarl, show the teeth. Buccinea. From Latin “buccina”, (curved) trumpet, war trumpet, bugle, watch-horn, horn, shell Triton blew. Distribution More pictures

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Ringicula auriculata

Ringicula auriculata (Ménard de la Groye, 1811) Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 19.01.2010), actual size 3.4 mm

Ringicula auriculata  (Ménard de la Groye, 1811) Synonyms Marginella auriculata Ménard de la Groye, 1811 (original) Marginella biplicata Risso, 1826  Marginella candida Bivona Ant., 1832 Voluta oryza O. G. Costa, 1830 Voluta pisum Brocchi, 1814 † Description Biology Etymology Ringicula. From Latin “ringor, ringi”, angry, snarl, show the teeth. Auriculata. From Latin “auricula”, ear shaped. Distribution More pictures

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Retusa crossei

Retusa crossei (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886) 2mm from Malta in 35 m.

Retusa crossei (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886) Synonyms Cylichna crossei Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886 (original) Description Biology Etymology Retusa. From Latin “retusus”, blunt. Crossei. After the French malacologyst Joseph Charles Hippolyte Crosse, (1826-1898). Distribution More pictures

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Philine striatula

Philine striatula. Colezzione malacologiche del Museo Civico di Zoologia, Roma

Philine striatula  Monterosato, 1874 Taxonomic note: This is not the same species as Colobocephalus striatulus (Locard, 1897)  (=Philine striatula Locard, 1897) Description Biology Etymology Philine. Derived from Greek “philainoi”, name of two Carthaginian brothers who fougth for their homeland and who received honors as Gods. Striatula. From Latin “strio”, groove, wrinkle. Distribution More pictures

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Philine monterosati

Philine monterosati shell by Marion, A.F. Annales du Museé d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille, Tome II, 1884-1885

Philine monterosati  Monterosato, 1874 Synonyms Philine monterosatoi Sykes, 1905 Description Biology Etymology Philine. Derived from Greek “philainoi”, name of two Carthaginian brothers who fougth for their homeland and who received honors as Gods. Monterosati. After Tommaso Allery di Maria, marchese di Monterosato, (1841-1927), Italian malacologist. Distribution More pictures

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