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Taxonomy
Family:
TRINCHESIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Cladobranchia (Suborder)
> Fionoidea (Superfamily)
> Trinchesiidae (Family)
> Trinchesia (Genus)
> alpha (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Narraeolida Burn, 1961
=Toorna Burns, 1964
Synonymised Names:
=Cuthona alpha Baba & Hamatani, 1963
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Taxonomy
Family:
TRINCHESIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Cladobranchia (Suborder)
> Fionoidea (Superfamily)
> Trinchesiidae (Family)
> Trinchesia (Genus)
> alpha (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Narraeolida Burn, 1961
=Toorna Burns, 1964
Synonymised Names:
=Cuthona alpha Baba & Hamatani, 1963
Details: Trinchesia alpha (Baba & Hamatani, 1963)
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Miller, M.C. 2004 An appraisal of the identity of the New Zealand species of the aeolid nudibranch family Tergipedidae (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia), Journal of Natural History, 38 (p.1184)
  • Miller, M.C. 1977 Aeolid nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) of the family Tergipedidae from New Zealand waters, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 60 (p.207)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil