Thorunna furtiva

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Thorunna furtiva
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A live individual of Thorunna furtiva, in situ, head end on the right and turned towards the camera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Thorunna
Species:
T. furtiva
Binomial name
Thorunna furtiva
Bergh, 1878 [1]

Thorunna furtiva is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [2] It is the type species of the genus Thorunna. [3]

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Distribution

This species was described from Camiguin, Luzon, the Philippines. It has been reported throughout the western tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. [4]

Description

Thorunna furtiva has a white mantle with a thin orange-yellow line at the edge. [4]

Ecology

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<i>Chromodoris striatella</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Thorunna africana</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Thorunna daniellae</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Thorunna halourga</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Thorunna horologia</i> Species of gastropod

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References

  1. Bergh, L.S.R. (1878). Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: C. Semper (ed.) Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Theil 2, Wissenschaftliche Resultate, Band 2, Theil 2, Heft 14: 603-645, I-L, pls 66-68.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Thorunna furtiva Bergh, 1878. Accessed on 2018-12-23.
  3. Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273, pages 166, 216.
  4. 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 1998 (November 11) Thorunna furtiva Bergh, 1878. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.