Cuthona distans

Cuthona distans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Cuthonidae
Genus: Cuthona
Species:
C. distans
Binomial name
Cuthona distans
(Odhner, 1922)[1]
This taxon is inactive. It has been synonymized with Fiocuthona concinna.[2]

Cuthona distans is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.[3]

Distribution

This species was described from the Varangerfjord, near Vadsø in Finnmark, Norway. However, this nudibranch has not been seen since it was first described by Odhner in 1922.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Odhner, N. H. (1922). Norwegian opisthobranchiate Mollusca in the collections of the Zoological Museum of Kristiania. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 60:1-47, Accessed 2014.2.15
  2. ↑ https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1832622
  3. ↑ Gofas, S. (2014). Cuthona distans Odhner, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-12.
  4. ↑ Evertsen J., & Bakken T. (2005). Nudibranch diversity (Heterobranchia, Gastropoda) along the coast of Norway. Fauna norvegica 25: 1-37