| Triopha | |
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| A live individual of Triopha catalinae, in situ, head end towards the lower left | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Subfamily: | Triophinae |
| Genus: | Triopha Bergh, 1880[1] |
Triopha is a genus of colorful sea slugs, nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Polyceridae.
Species
Species within the genus Triopha include:[2]
- Triopha catalinae Cooper, 1863
- Triopha maculata MacFarland, 1905
- Triopha modesta Bergh, 1880
- Triopha occidentalis Fewkes, 1889
- Synonyms
- Triopha aurantiaca Cockerell, 1908: synonym of Triopha maculata MacFarland, 1905
- Triopha elioti O'Donoghue, 1921: synonym of Triopha catalinae (J. G. Cooper, 1863) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Triopha grandis MacFarland, 1905: synonym of Triopha occidentalis (Fewkes, 1889)
- Triopha scrippsiana Cockerell, 1915: synonym of Triopha catalinae (J. G. Cooper, 1863) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
References
- ↑ Bergh R. (1880). In: Dall Explor. Alaska 1, art. 6, 261.
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Triopha Bergh, 1880". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
External links
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- SEM images of the radula can be found at Thompson, T.E.; Bebbington, A. (1973). "Scanning electron microscope studies of gastropod radulae". Malacologia. 14: 147–165.
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