Genus of gastropods

Favorinus

Favorinus blianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Heterobranchia
Order:  | Nudibranchia
Suborder:  | Cladobranchia
Superfamily:  | Aeolidioidea
Family:  | Facelinidae
Genus:  | Favorinus
M. E. Gray, 1850[1]
Type species
Eolis alba Alder & Hancock, 1844

Synonyms[2]

Matharena Bergh in Mörch, 1871

Favorinus  is a genus of small sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Facelinidae.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Species
* 2 References
* 3 Further reading
* 4 External links

## Species[edit]

Species within the genus Favorinus  include:

* Favorinus auritulus Er. Marcus, 1955
* Favorinus blianus Lemche & Thompson, 1974
* Favorinus branchialis (Rathke, 1806)
* Favorinus elenalexiae Garcia F. & Troncoso, 2001
* Favorinus ghanensis Edmunds, 1968
* Favorinus japonicus Baba, 1949
* Favorinus mirabilis Baba, 1955
* Favorinus pacificus Baba, 1937
* Favorinus pannuceus Burn, 1962
* Favorinus perfoliatus Baba, 1949
* Favorinus tsuruganus Baba & Abe, 1964
* Favorinus vitreus Ortea, 1982

Species brought into synonymy

* Favorinus albidus Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923: synonym of Favorinus branchialis (Rathke, 1806) (synonym)
* Favorinus albus Odhner, 1914: synonym of Dicata odhneri Schmekel, 1967 (dubious synonym)
* Favorinus albus (Alder & Hancock, 1844): synonym of Favorinus branchialis (Rathke, 1806)
* Favorinus horridus Macnae, 1954: synonym of Phyllodesmium horridum (Macnae, 1954)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Gray (1850) Figs. Moll. Anim. 4: 109.
2. ^ a b WoRMS (2012). Favorinus M.E. Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138006 on 2012-06-03

## Further reading[edit]

* Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. 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. 180–213
* Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

## External links[edit]

* 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(11–14), 157–225
* 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

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q3067645
* Wikispecies: Favorinus
* ADW: Favorinus
* AFD: Favorinus
* BOLD: 85207
* CoL: 7P2C3
* GBIF: 2292236
* iNaturalist: 50501
* IRMNG: 1038634
* ITIS: 78719
* NBN: NHMSYS0021056140
* NCBI: 252565
* NZOR: f0c2dd2b-3fde-404c-b58d-9a0ac534d69d
* uBio: 507263
* WoRMS: 138006

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