WoRMS name details
Catriona aurantia (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
156699 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156699)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Aeolis bellula Lovén, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cuthona aurantia (Alder & Hancock, 1842) · unaccepted
Eolis aurantiaca Alder & Hancock, 1851 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Eolis aurantia Alder & Hancock, 1842) Alder J. & Hancock A. (1842). Descriptions of several new species of nudibranchous mollusca found on the coast of Northumberland. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9</i>: 31-36, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2312453
page(s): 34 [details]
page(s): 34 [details]
Type locality contained in North Sea
type locality contained in North Sea [details]
Distribution NE Atlantic; Europe
Distribution NE Atlantic; Europe [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Catriona aurantia (Alder & Hancock, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156699 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Eolis aurantia Alder & Hancock, 1842) Alder J. & Hancock A. (1842). Descriptions of several new species of nudibranchous mollusca found on the coast of Northumberland. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9</i>: 31-36, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2312453
page(s): 34 [details]
page(s): 34 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4324(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Dimensions maximum size of 13 mm [details]Distribution NE Atlantic; Europe [details]
Synonymy Incorrectly synonymised with Catriona gymnota from the Western Atlantic but shown to be a distinct species by DNA analysis [details]
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Eolis aurantiaca Alder & Hancock, 1851)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Catriona aurantia)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Aeolis bellula Lovén, 1846)
To PESI (from synonym Eolis aurantiaca Alder & Hancock, 1851)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Eolis aurantiaca Alder & Hancock, 1851)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Catriona aurantia)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Aeolis bellula Lovén, 1846)
To PESI (from synonym Eolis aurantiaca Alder & Hancock, 1851)
To ITIS
