Deep-Sea taxon details
Amphorina Quatrefages, 1844
196953 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196953)
accepted
Genus
- Species Amphorina antarctica (Eliot, 1907) accepted as Galvinella antarctica Eliot, 1907
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Quatrefages J.L.A. de. (1844). Sur les Gastéropodes Phlébentérés (Phlebenterata Nob.), ordre nouveau de la classe des Gastéropodes, proposé d'après l'examen anatomique et physiologique des genres Zéphyrine (<i>Zephyrina</i> Nob.), Actéon (<i>Acteon</i> Oken), Actéonie (<i>Acteoniæ</i> Nob.), Amphorine (<i>Amphorina</i> Nob.), Pavois (<i>Pelta</i> Nob.), Chalide (<i>Chalidis</i> Nob.). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> ser. 3, 1: 129-183, pls 3-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13407269 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amphorina Quatrefages, 1844. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196953 on 2026-10-06
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Amphorina Quatrefages, 1844. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196953 on 2026-10-06
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Quatrefages J.L.A. de. (1844). Sur les Gastéropodes Phlébentérés (Phlebenterata Nob.), ordre nouveau de la classe des Gastéropodes, proposé d'après l'examen anatomique et physiologique des genres Zéphyrine (<i>Zephyrina</i> Nob.), Actéon (<i>Acteon</i> Oken), Actéonie (<i>Acteoniæ</i> Nob.), Amphorine (<i>Amphorina</i> Nob.), Pavois (<i>Pelta</i> Nob.), Chalide (<i>Chalidis</i> Nob.). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> ser. 3, 1: 129-183, pls 3-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13407269 [details]
additional source Edmunds, M. & Kress, A. (1969). On the European species of <i>Eubranchus</i> (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 49(4): 879-912., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400038005
page(s): 905; note: treated as synonym of Eubranchus [details] Available for editors
additional source Korshunova, T.; Malmberg, K.; Prkić, J.; Petani, A.; Fletcher, K.; Lundin, K.; Martynov, A. (2020). Fine-scale species delimitation: speciation in process and periodic patterns in nudibranch diversity. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 917: 15-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.917.47444 [details]
status source Korshunova, T.; Fletcher, K.; Martynov, A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated — how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 204(4): zlaf057: 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057
page(s): 30 [details] Available for editors
status source Martynov A.V. (1998). Opisthobranch mollusks (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) of the family Eubranchidae: Taxonomy and two new species from the Sea of Japan [in Russian]. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 77(7): 763-777. [details] Available for editors
additional source Edmunds, M. & Kress, A. (1969). On the European species of <i>Eubranchus</i> (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 49(4): 879-912., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400038005
page(s): 905; note: treated as synonym of Eubranchus [details] Available for editors
additional source Korshunova, T.; Malmberg, K.; Prkić, J.; Petani, A.; Fletcher, K.; Lundin, K.; Martynov, A. (2020). Fine-scale species delimitation: speciation in process and periodic patterns in nudibranch diversity. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 917: 15-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.917.47444 [details]
status source Korshunova, T.; Fletcher, K.; Martynov, A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated — how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 204(4): zlaf057: 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057
page(s): 30 [details] Available for editors
status source Martynov A.V. (1998). Opisthobranch mollusks (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) of the family Eubranchidae: Taxonomy and two new species from the Sea of Japan [in Russian]. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 77(7): 763-777. [details] Available for editors
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