Favorinus is a genus of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, within the superfamily Aeolidioidea, and the only member of the family Favorinidae.
Species 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 joubini (Risbec, 1928) 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
Further reading Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . 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
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