Catriona (gastropod)

Catriona
Catriona aurantia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Catriona
Winckworth, 1941
Type species
Eolis aurantia
Alder & Hancock, 1842

Catriona is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trinchesiidae. All species were transferred to Tenellia as a result of a DNA phylogeny study in 2016. It was reinstated in 2017 on the basis of DNA and morphological criteria.

Species within the genus Catriona include:

Species names currently considered to be synonyms:

  • Catriona anulata (Baba, 1949): synonym of Trinchesia anulata (Baba, 1949)
  • Catriona catachroma Burn, 1963 synonym of Trinchesia catachroma (Burn, 1963)
  • Catriona ornata (Baba, 1937): synonym of Trinchesia ornata (Baba, 1937)
  • Catriona perca Marcus Er., 1958 synonym of Cuthona perca (Er. Marcus, 1958)
  • Catriona puellula (Baba, 1955): synonym of Cuthona puellula (Baba, 1955)
  • Catriona pupillae Baba, 1961 synonym of Trinchesia pupillae (Baba, 1961)
  • Catriona viridiana Burn, 1962 synonym of Trinchesia viridiana (Burn, 1962)
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