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Gastropoda: : Aeolidioidea: Facelinidae

Favorinus auritulus Er. Marcus, 1955


Range: 32.3°N to 24°S; 84.5°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 2 m (live 0 to 2 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 13  mm

Synonymy

Favorinus branchialis auct. non O. F. Müller, 1806
Favorinus carneus auct. non Alder & Hancock, 1855
Favorinus auritulus Er. Marcus, 1955

Details


Favorinus auritulus Er. Marcus, 1955, p. 181-184, fig. 259-269
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Island of Sao Sebastiao
Range: 32.3°N to 24°S; 84.5°W to 45.5°W
Depth: 0 to 2 m (live 0 to 2 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; ABC Islands: Curacao; Bermuda, Bahamas, Cuba: Pinar del Rio; Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Antigua, Martinique, Barbados; Trinidad & Tobago: Tobago; Brazil: Sao Paulo
References: Er. Marcus (1955) dlSE{M}; Edmunds (1964) {dl}; Thompson (1980) {M}; Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus (1970) s; Clark (1984) DL; Mikkelsen et al. (1995) {W}; Espinosa et al. (2006) W; Valdés et al. (2006) M
Comments: 25.7°N in Florida.

Favorinus branchialis auct. non O. F. Müller, 1806, 
[Not available]
Range: 25.7°N to 24°S; 80.2°W to 0°W
Depth: 1 to 1.5 m (live 1 to 1.5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; ABC Islands: Curacao; Jamaica, Antigua, Barbados, Brazil: Sao Paulo; Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde Islands
References: Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus (1970) DdLlNSEWM; Edmunds & Marcus (1977) s
Comments: Misidentification by Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus (1970).

Favorinus carneus auct. non Alder & Hancock, 1855, 
[Not available]
Range: 12°N ; 69°W to 0°W
Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm
Distribution: ABC Islands: Curacao
References: Marcus & Marcus (1963) NSEWM
Comments: Misidentification by Marcus & Marcus (1963:49).


Partial List of References

Marcus, E. 1955. Opisthobranchia from Brazil Bol. Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciêncies e Letras da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Zoologia 20 89-200, pl. 1-30.

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