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Amphorina Quatrefages, 1844
196953 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196953)
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Genus
Amphorina alberti Quatrefages, 1844 accepted as Amphorina farrani (Alder & Hancock, 1844) (type by monotypy)
- Species Amphorina amazighi (Tamsouri, Carmona, Moukrim & Cervera, 2015)
- Species Amphorina andra Korshunova, Malmberg, Prkić, Petani, Fletcher, Lundin & Martynov, 2020
- Species Amphorina farrani (Alder & Hancock, 1844)
- Species Amphorina linensis (García-Gómez, Cervera & F. J. Garcia, 1990)
- Species Amphorina pallida (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
- Species Amphorina viriola Korshunova, Malmberg, Prkić, Petani, Fletcher, Lundin & Martynov, 2020
- Species Amphorina alberti Quatrefages, 1844 accepted as Amphorina farrani (Alder & Hancock, 1844)
- Species Amphorina antarctica (Eliot, 1907) accepted as Galvinella antarctica Eliot, 1907
- Species Amphorina columbiana O'Donoghue, 1922 accepted as Tenellia columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922)
- Species Amphorina horii (Baba, 1960) accepted as Eubranchus horii Baba, 1960
- Species Amphorina odhneri (Derjugin & Gurjanova, 1926) accepted as Eubranchus odhneri (Derjugin & Gurjanova, 1926)
- Species Amphorina pallida Eliot, 1906 accepted as Cuthona pallida (Eliot, 1906)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Quatrefages J.L.A. de. (1844). Sur les Gastéropodes Phlébentérés (Phlebenterata Nob.), ordre nouveau de la classe des Gastéropodes, proposé d'après l'examen anatomique et physiologique des genres Zéphyrine (<i>Zephyrina</i> Nob.), Actéon (<i>Acteon</i> Oken), Actéonie (<i>Acteoniæ</i> Nob.), Amphorine (<i>Amphorina</i> Nob.), Pavois (<i>Pelta</i> Nob.), Chalide (<i>Chalidis</i> Nob.). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> ser. 3, 1: 129-183, pls 3-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13407269 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amphorina Quatrefages, 1844. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196953 on 2025-09-11
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Quatrefages J.L.A. de. (1844). Sur les Gastéropodes Phlébentérés (Phlebenterata Nob.), ordre nouveau de la classe des Gastéropodes, proposé d'après l'examen anatomique et physiologique des genres Zéphyrine (<i>Zephyrina</i> Nob.), Actéon (<i>Acteon</i> Oken), Actéonie (<i>Acteoniæ</i> Nob.), Amphorine (<i>Amphorina</i> Nob.), Pavois (<i>Pelta</i> Nob.), Chalide (<i>Chalidis</i> Nob.). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> ser. 3, 1: 129-183, pls 3-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13407269 [details]
additional source Korshunova, T.; Malmberg, K.; Prkić, J.; Petani, A.; Fletcher, K.; Lundin, K.; Martynov, A. (2020). Fine-scale species delimitation: speciation in process and periodic patterns in nudibranch diversity. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 917: 15-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.917.47444 [details]
additional source Edmunds, M. & Kress, A. (1969). On the European species of <i>Eubranchus</i> (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 49(4): 879-912.
page(s): 905; note: treated as synonym of Eubranchus [details] Available for editors
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status source Korshunova, T.; Fletcher, K.; Martynov, A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated — how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 204(4): zlaf057: 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057
page(s): 30 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Korshunova, T.; Malmberg, K.; Prkić, J.; Petani, A.; Fletcher, K.; Lundin, K.; Martynov, A. (2020). Fine-scale species delimitation: speciation in process and periodic patterns in nudibranch diversity. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 917: 15-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.917.47444 [details]
additional source Edmunds, M. & Kress, A. (1969). On the European species of <i>Eubranchus</i> (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 49(4): 879-912.
page(s): 905; note: treated as synonym of Eubranchus [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Korshunova, T.; Fletcher, K.; Martynov, A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated — how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 204(4): zlaf057: 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057
page(s): 30 [details] Available for editors
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