Spurilla neapolitana

Neapolitan spurilla
dorsal view of Spurilla neapolitana heading right
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Aeolidiidae
Genus: Spurilla
Species:
S. neapolitana
Binomial name
Spurilla neapolitana
Synonyms[2]
  • Eolis alderiana Deshayes, 1865
  • Eolis conspersa Fischer P., 1869
  • Eolis neapolitana Delle Chiaje, 1841
  • Flabellina inornata A. Costa, 1866
  • Spurilla mograbina Pruvot-Fol, 1953
  • Spurilla vayssierei Garcia-Gomez & Cervera, 1985

Spurilla neapolitana, the Neapolitan spurilla, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Aeolidiidae. It is native to the western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. This species was first described as Eolis neapolitana by the Italian naturalist Stefano delle Chiaje in 1841. However, although some authorities quote the year as 1823, the species does not appear in the first volume of delle Chiaje's memoirs, which was published that year.[2] The species was later reassigned to the genus Spurilla.

  1. ^ (in Italian) Delle Chiaje S. (1841-1844). Descrizione e notomia degli animali invertebrati della Sicilia citeriore osservati vivi negli anni 1822-1830. Napoli, Stabilimento Tipografico di C. Batelli e Co., vol. 1-4 [1841], pl. 1-173 [1841], pl. 174-181 [1844]. volume 8, page 7.
  2. ^ a b Gofas, Serge (2014). "Spurilla neapolitana (Delle Chiaje, 1841)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-02-25.