Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Opisthobranchia > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Dexiarchia > Infraorder Aeolidida > Superfamily Fionoidea > Family Tergipedidae > Genus Cuthona

Cuthona amoena (Alder & Hancock, 1845)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cuthona*	Alder & Hancock, 1855	accepted genus name
*Montagua*	Fleming, 1822	later homonym
*Catriona*	Winckworth, 1941	synonym
*Cuthonella*	Bergh, 1884	synonym
*Montagua*	Fleming, 1822	synonym
*Xenocratena*	Odhner, 1940	synonym

Species group names

*Eolis amoena*	Alder & Hancock, 1845	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: gestippelde knotsslak

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

Taxon found in 13 publications.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Cuthona amoena (Alder & Hancock, 1845). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141615