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Flabellina McMurtrie, 1831

138019 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138019)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Euthyneura (Infraclass)
  7. Ringipleura (Subterclass)
  8. Nudipleura (Superorder)
  9. Nudibranchia (Order)
  10. Aeolidina (Suborder)
  11. Fionoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Flabellinidae (Family)
  13. Flabellina (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Doris affinis Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Flabellina affinis (Gmelin, 1791) (type by monotypy)
Flabellinidae Bergh, 1889
Flabellinidae Bergh, 1889

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  1. Species Flabellina affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
  2. Species Flabellina alternata Ortea & Espinosa, 1998
  3. Species Flabellina bandeli (Ev. Marcus, 1976)
  4. Species Flabellina cavolini (Vérany, 1846)
  5. Species Flabellina enne (Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017)
  6. Species Flabellina evelinae Edmunds, 1989
  7. Species Flabellina funeka Gosliner & R. J. Griffiths, 1981
  8. Species Flabellina gabinierei (Vicente, 1975)
  9. Species Flabellina gaditana (Cervera, García-Gómez & F. J. García, 1987)
  10. Species Flabellina ilidioi Calado, Ortea & Caballer, 2005
  11. Species Flabellina ischitana Y. Hirano & T. E. Thompson, 1990
  12. Species Flabellina pellucida (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
  13. Species Flabellina rubromaxilla Edmunds, 2015
  14. Species Flabellina abei (Baba, 1987) accepted as Coryphella abei Baba, 1987
  15. Species Flabellina albomaculata Pola, Carmona, Calado & Cervera, 2014 accepted as Edmundsella albomaculata (Pola, Carmona, Calado & Cervera, 2014)
  16. Species Flabellina albomarginata (M. C. Miller, 1971) accepted as Coryphellina albomarginata (M. C. Miller, 1971) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  17. Species Flabellina alisonae Gosliner, 1980 accepted as Flabellina bicolor (Kelaart, 1858) accepted as Samla bicolor (Kelaart, 1858)
  18. Species Flabellina amabilis Y. Hirano & Kuzirian, 1991 accepted as Coryphella amabilis (Y. Hirano & Kuzirian, 1991) (original combination)
  19. Species Flabellina angelvaldesi (Millen & Hermosillo, 2012) accepted as Unidentia angelvaldesi Millen & Hermosillo, 2012
  20. Species Flabellina arveloi Ortea & Espinosa, 1998 accepted as Coryphellina arveloi (Ortea & Espinosa, 1998)
  21. Species Flabellina athadona (Bergh, 1875) accepted as Occidenthella athadona (Bergh, 1875) accepted as Coryphella athadona Bergh, 1875
  22. Species Flabellina babai Schmekel, 1972 accepted as Luisella babai (Schmekel, 1972)
  23. Species Flabellina baetica García-Gómez, 1984 accepted as Baenopsis baetica (García-Gómez, 1984) (original combination)
  24. Species Flabellina bertschi Gosliner & Kuzirian, 1990 accepted as Edmundsella bertschi (Gosliner & Kuzirian, 1990)
  25. Species Flabellina bicolor (Kelaart, 1858) accepted as Samla bicolor (Kelaart, 1858)
  26. Species Flabellina bilas Gosliner & Willan, 1991 accepted as Samla bilas (Gosliner & Willan, 1991)
  27. Species Flabellina borealis (Odhner, 1922) accepted as Gulenia borealis (Odhner, 1922) accepted as Coryphella borealis Odhner, 1922
  28. Species Flabellina browni (Picton, 1980) accepted as Fjordia browni (Picton, 1980) accepted as Coryphella browni Picton, 1980
  29. Species Flabellina bulbosa Ortea & Espinosa, 1998 accepted as Luisella bulbosa (Ortea & Espinosa, 1998) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  30. Species Flabellina californica (Bergh, 1904) accepted as Coryphella californica Bergh, 1904
  31. Species Flabellina capensis (Thiele, 1925) accepted as Fjordia capensis (Thiele, 1925) accepted as Coryphella capensis Thiele, 1925
  32. Species Flabellina cerverai M. A. Fischer, van der Velde & Roubos, 2007 accepted as Coryphella cerverai (M. A. Fischer, van der Velde & Roubos, 2007) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  33. Species Flabellina confusa Gonzalez-Duarte, Cervera & Poddubetskaia, 2008 accepted as Flabellina gaditana (Cervera, García-Gómez & F. J. García, 1987)
  34. Species Flabellina cooperi (T. D. A. Cockerell, 1901) accepted as Coryphella cooperi T. D. A. Cockerell, 1901
  35. Species Flabellina cynara (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967) accepted as Kynaria cynara (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
  36. Species Flabellina dana Millen & Hamann, 2006 accepted as Coryphella dana (Millen & Hamann, 2006) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  37. Species Flabellina delicata Gosliner & Willan, 1991 accepted as Coryphellina delicata (Gosliner & Willan, 1991)
  38. Species Flabellina dushia (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963) accepted as Edmundsella dushia (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  39. Species Flabellina engeli Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1968 accepted as Luisella engeli (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1968) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  40. Species Flabellina exoptata Gosliner & Willan, 1991 accepted as Coryphellina exoptata (Gosliner & Willan, 1991)
  41. Species Flabellina falklandica (Eliot, 1907) accepted as Itaxia falklandica (Eliot, 1907) accepted as Coryphella falklandica Eliot, 1907
  42. Species Flabellina fisheri (MacFarland, 1966) accepted as Orienthella piunca (Er. Marcus, 1961) accepted as Coryphella piunca Er. Marcus, 1961
  43. Species Flabellina flamma (Ekimova, Deart, Antokhina, Mikhlina & Schepetov, 2022) accepted as Coryphellina flamma Ekimova, Deart, Antokhina, Mikhlina & Schepetov, 2022
  44. Species Flabellina fogata Millen & Hermosillo, 2007 accepted as Coryphella fogata (Millen & Hermosillo, 2007)
  45. Species Flabellina fusca (O'Donoghue, 1921) accepted as Himatina trophina (Bergh, 1890) accepted as Coryphella trophina (Bergh, 1890)
  46. Species Flabellina goddardi Gosliner, 2010 accepted as Pacifia goddardi (Gosliner, 2010)
  47. Species Flabellina gracilis (Alder & Hancock, 1844) accepted as Microchlamylla gracilis (Alder & Hancock, 1844) accepted as Coryphella gracilis (Alder & Hancock, 1844)
  48. Species Flabellina hamanni Gosliner, 1994 accepted as Coryphellina hamanni (Gosliner, 1994)
  49. Species Flabellina ianthina Angas, 1864 accepted as Pteraeolidia ianthina (Angas, 1864) (original combination)
  50. Species Flabellina indica (Bergh, 1902) accepted as Coryphellina indica (Bergh, 1902)
  51. Species Flabellina inornata A. Costa, 1866 accepted as Spurilla neapolitana (Delle Chiaje, 1841)
  52. Species Flabellina insolita García-Gómez & Cervera, 1989 accepted as Coryphella insolita (García-Gómez & Cervera, 1989) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  53. Species Flabellina iodinea (J. G. Cooper, 1863) accepted as Flabellinopsis iodinea (J. G. Cooper, 1863)
  54. Species Flabellina islandica (Odhner, 1937) accepted as Chlamylla islandica (Odhner, 1937) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  55. Species Flabellina japonica (Volodchenko, 1941) accepted as Ziminella japonica (Volodchenko, 1941)
  56. Species Flabellina lineata (Lovén, 1846) accepted as Fjordia lineata (Lovén, 1846) accepted as Coryphella lineata (Lovén, 1846)
  57. Species Flabellina llerae Ortea, 1989 accepted as Luisella llerae (Ortea, 1989) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  58. Species Flabellina lotos (Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017) accepted as Coryphellina lotos Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
  59. Species Flabellina macassarana Bergh, 1905 accepted as Samla macassarana (Bergh, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  60. Species Flabellina marcusorum Gosliner & Kuzirian, 1990 accepted as Coryphellina marcusorum (Gosliner & Kuzirian, 1990)
  61. Species Flabellina newcombi Angas, 1864 accepted as Facelina newcombi (Angas, 1864) (original combination)
  62. Species Flabellina nobilis (A. E. Verrill, 1880) accepted as Borealea nobilis (A. E. Verrill, 1880) accepted as Coryphella nobilis A. E. Verrill, 1880
  63. Species Flabellina ornata Angas, 1864 accepted as Austraeolis ornata (Angas, 1864) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  64. Species Flabellina pallida (A. E. Verrill, 1900) accepted as Coryphella pallida A. E. Verrill, 1900
  65. Species Flabellina parva (M. Hadfield, 1963) accepted as Chlamylla parva (M. Hadfield, 1963) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  66. Species Flabellina pedata (Montagu, 1816) accepted as Edmundsella pedata (Montagu, 1816)
  67. Species Flabellina poenicia (Burn, 1957) accepted as Coryphellina poenicia (Burn, 1957)
  68. Species Flabellina polaris (Volodchenko, 1946) accepted as Chlamylla polaris (Volodchenko, 1946) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  69. Species Flabellina pricei (MacFarland, 1966) accepted as Apata pricei (MacFarland, 1966)
  70. Species Flabellina pseudoverrucosa (Martynov, Sanamyan & Korshunova, 2015) accepted as Coryphella pseudoverrucosa Martynov, Sanamyan & Korshunova, 2015
  71. Species Flabellina riwo Gosliner & Willan, 1991 accepted as Samla riwo (Gosliner & Willan, 1991)
  72. Species Flabellina rubrolineata (O'Donoghue, 1929) accepted as Coryphellina rubrolineata O'Donoghue, 1929
  73. Species Flabellina rubropurpurata Gosliner & Willan, 1991 accepted as Launsina rubropurpurata (Gosliner & Willan, 1991) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  74. Species Flabellina salmonacea (Couthouy, 1838) accepted as Ziminella salmonacea (Couthouy, 1838)
  75. Species Flabellina sarsi (Friele, 1903) accepted as Borealea nobilis (A. E. Verrill, 1880) accepted as Coryphella nobilis A. E. Verrill, 1880
  76. Species Flabellina scolopendrella Risbec, 1928 accepted as Pteraeolidia semperi (Bergh, 1870) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  77. Species Flabellina semperi Bergh, 1870 accepted as Pteraeolidia semperi (Bergh, 1870) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  78. Species Flabellina stohleri Bertsch & A. J. Ferreira, 1974 accepted as Flabellina telja Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967 accepted as Luisella telja (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
  79. Species Flabellina telja Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967 accepted as Luisella telja (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  80. Species Flabellina trilineata (O'Donoghue, 1921) accepted as Orienthella trilineata (O'Donoghue, 1921) accepted as Coryphella trilineata O'Donoghue, 1921
  81. Species Flabellina triophina [sic] accepted as Himatina trophina (Bergh, 1890) accepted as Coryphella trophina (Bergh, 1890) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  82. Species Flabellina trophina (Bergh, 1890) accepted as Himatina trophina (Bergh, 1890) accepted as Coryphella trophina (Bergh, 1890)
  83. Species Flabellina vansyoci Gosliner, 1994 accepted as Edmundsella vansyoci (Gosliner, 1994)
  84. Species Flabellina verrucicornis A. Costa, 1867 accepted as Berghia verrucicornis (A. Costa, 1867) (original combination)
  85. Species Flabellina verrucosa (M. Sars, 1829) accepted as Coryphella verrucosa (M. Sars, 1829)
  86. Species Flabellina versicolor A. Costa, 1866 accepted as Favorinus branchialis (Rathke, 1806) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  87. Species Flabellina verta (Ev. Marcus, 1970) accepted as Coryphella verta Ev. Marcus, 1970
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McMurtrie, H. (1831). The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization by the Baron Cuvier. The Crustacea, Arachnides and Insecta by P. A. Latreille. Translated from the French, with notes and additions. Vol. 2. G. 1C. 1H. Carvill, New York, xv 1 475 pp 1 10 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28835332
page(s): 343 [details] 
Nomenclature Burn (2018) established that the name Flabellina was first established by McMurtrie in the first English edition of...  
Nomenclature Burn (2018) established that the name Flabellina was first established by McMurtrie in the first English edition of Cuvier's Règne Animal. The name Flabellina had earlier been attributed by ICZN Opinion 781 to Voigt (1834), in the German edition of Cuvier's work; and later to Gray (1833) in Griffith & Pidgeon's translation of the same work. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Flabellina McMurtrie, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138019 on 2026-07-08
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2010-10-16 22:02:15Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2012-04-30 14:14:36Z
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Rosenberg, Gary
2012-05-04 12:28:20Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2014-05-22 13:54:41Z
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Caballer, Manuel
2014-05-30 08:19:03Z
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Caballer, Manuel
2018-04-05 06:51:09Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description McMurtrie, H. (1831). The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization by the Baron Cuvier. The Crustacea, Arachnides and Insecta by P. A. Latreille. Translated from the French, with notes and additions. Vol. 2. G. 1C. 1H. Carvill, New York, xv 1 475 pp 1 10 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28835332
page(s): 343 [details] 

original description (of Jojenia Aradas, 1847) Aradas A. (1847). Memorie di Zoologia Siciliana. Memoria III. Descrizione di alcuni molluschi nudi della Sicilia. <i>Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali</i>, (2)4: 107-122, pl. 1, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7997965
page(s): 118 [details] 

original description (of Paraflabellina Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017) Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 717: 1-139., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=21885 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Carronella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017) Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 717: 1-139., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=21885 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Calmella Eliot, 1906) Eliot, C. N. E. (1906). Notes on some British Nudibranchs. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 7(03): 333., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400004355 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Costaea Tiberi, 1881) Tiberi, N. (1881). I molluschi nudibranchi del Mediterraneo. <em>Bullettino della Società malacologica italiana.</em> 6: 182-264 ["1880"]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908108
page(s): 231 [details] 

basis of record Burn R. (2018). <i>Flabellina</i> McMurtrie, 1831: The earliest valid Latinization?. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 132(1): 33-34. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

status source ICZN. (1966). Opinion 781. <i>Flabellina</i> Voigt, 1834 (Gastropoda): Placed on the Offcial List of Generic Names. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 23 (2-3): 104-105., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12222909
page(s): 104-105 [details] 

status source Petit, R. E. & Coan., E. V. 2008. The molluscan taxa made available in the Griffith & Pidgeon (1833-1834) edition of Cuvier, with notes on the editions of Cuvier and on Wood's Index Testaceologicus. Malacologia 50: 219-264., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63536190
page(s): 222 [details] 

Other

additional source Griffith, E. & E. Pidgeon. (1833 - 1834). The Mollusca and Radiata. Vol. 12,. <em>In: E. Griffith, [1824]−1835, The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, [...]. London: Whittaker and Co.,.</em> viii + 601 pp., 61 pls. [Date of publication after Evenhuis (2009): pp. 1-384, Mollusca pls. 1−39, Zoophytes pls 1-20 - 1833; pp. viii + 385-601, Mollusca corrected pls. 28*, 36*, 37*, pls. 40-41 - 1834]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40578
page(s): 40 [details] 

additional source Voigt F.S. (1834) <i>In:</i> Cuvier G. (ed.). (1834). Das Thierreich, geordnet nach seiner Organisation, Als Grundlage der Naturgeschichte der Thiere und Einleitung in die vergleichende Anatomie. Vom Baron von Cuvier. vol. 3, die Mollusken. Leipzig, F. A. Brodhaus. 621 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19175572
page(s): 124 [details] 

 
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Nomenclature Burn (2018) established that the name Flabellina was first established by McMurtrie in the first English edition of Cuvier's Règne Animal. The name Flabellina had earlier been attributed by ICZN Opinion 781 to Voigt (1834), in the German edition of Cuvier's work; and later to Gray (1833) in Griffith & Pidgeon's translation of the same work. [details]
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calmella) (from synonym Calmella Eliot, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carronella) (from synonym Carronella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Flabellina) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paraflabellina) (from synonym Paraflabellina Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017)
To Genbank (from synonym Carronella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017)
To Genbank (from synonym Calmella Eliot, 1906)
To Genbank (from synonym Paraflabellina Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) 
To ITIS
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