Mourgona borgninii (Trinchese, 1896)
Superdomain | Biota | |
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Gastropoda | |
Subclass | Heterobranchia | |
Infraclass | Euthyneura | |
Subterclass | Tectipleura | |
Superorder | Sacoglossa | |
Superfamily | Plakobranchoidea | |
Family | Hermaeidae | |
Genus | Mourgona | |
Species | Mourgona borgninii (Trinchese, 1896) | |
Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 1263843). |
- Phyllobranchus borgninii Trinchese, 1896
- Polybranchia borgninii (Trinchese, 1896)
- Jenseneria borgninii (Trinchese, 1896)
Description
Biology
Etymology
- Mourgona. Genus proposed by Marcus & Marcus (1970) of unknown origin.
- Borgninii. Probably dedicated to Giuseppe Borgnini (1824–1911) an Italian politician. He was a senator of the Kingdom of Italy in the sixteenth legislature.
Distribution
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Abundance
Western Mediterranean: | ★☆☆☆☆ |
Eastern Mediterranean: | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Atlantic Ocean: | ★☆☆☆☆ |
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Bibliography
Further reading
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2023) "Mourgona borgninii" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 11/09/2014. Accessed: 01/02/2023. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/z41dO)