Fiona (gastropod)

Fiona
Fiona pinnata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Aeolidacea
Family:	Fionidae
Genus:	Fiona Alder & Hancock [in Forbes & Hanley], 1853

Fiona is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fionidae. ^[1] Fiona is the type genus of the family Fionidae.

Species

Species within the genus Fiona include:

• Fiona pinnata (Eschscholtz, 1831) ^[2]

A study published in 2016 showed that Fiona pinnata is a species complex of at least three species. ^[3]

Ecology

Species of Fiona feed on goose barnacles and live on floating objects in the oceans worldwide.

References

1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2016). Fiona. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138007 on 2017-06-11
2. Eschscholtz J. F. (1831). Zoologischer Atlas - Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten, während des Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt, auf der Russisch-Kaiserlichen Kriegsschlupp Predpriaetië in den Jahren 1823-1826. G. Reimer, Berlin pt. 4: 1-19, pl. 16-20.
3. Trickey, Jennifer S.; Thiel, Martin & Waters, Jonathan M. (2016). Transoceanic dispersal and cryptic diversity in a cosmopolitan rafting nudibranch. Invertebrate Systematics 30(3) 290-301 https://doi.org/10.1071/IS15052