Heterobranchia Burmeister, 1837 - Suborder Cladobranchia

Family: Myrrhinidae Bergh, 1905

Nemesignis banyulensis (Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960)

Specie piuttosto comune nel Salento, decisamente localizzata. Può essere osservata specialmente durante la stagione estiva a profondità molto variabili. Noi l'abbiamo incontrata anche ben oltre i 30m di profondità.

Rather common species in Salento, decidedly localized. It can be observed especially during the summer season at very variable depths. We have also encountered it well beyond 30m of depth

 
 
 
 

Bibliography

Furfaro G., Vitale F., Licchelli C. e Mariottini P. 2020 Two Seas for One Great Diversity: Checklist of the Marine Heterobranchia (Mollusca; Gastropoda) from the Salento Peninsula (South-East Italy) Diversity 2020, 12, 171; doi:10.3390/d12050171

Furfaro G. & Mariottini P. 2021 Looking at the Nudibranch Family Myrrhinidae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) from a Mitochondrial ‘2D Folding Structure’ Point of View. Life 2021 11, 583

Furfaro G. & Mariottini P. 2021. Nemesignis, a Replacement Name for Nemesis Furfaro & Mariottini, 2021 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Myrrhinidae), Preoccupied by Nemesis Risso, 1826 (Crustacea, Copepoda) Life 2021, 11, 809. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11080809