Taxonomy:
Class: Gastropoda Cuvier, 1797
Subclass: Heterobranchia Gray, J.E., 1840
Clade: Euthyneura Spengel, 1881
Clade: Nudipleura Wägele & Willan, 2000
Order: Nudibranchia Cuvier, 1817
Suborder: Dexiarchia Schrödl, Wägele & Willan, 2001
Infraorder: Aeolidida Odhner, 1934
Superfamily: Aeolidioidea Gray, 1827
Family: Aeolidiidae Gray, 1827
Genus: Spurilla Bergh, 1864
Species: Spurilla neapolitana (delle Chiaje, 1823) [Eolis] |
This picture was
originally posted at these websites as Spurilla sargassicola (Kröyer
in Bergh, 1861) [Facelina].
Kathe R. Jensen writes at the Sea
Slug Forum a) that Kröyer is not the author and b) that there
is no valid description. There is a general acceptance that the name is
a synonym of Spurilla neapolitana
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formerly placed in the Order: NUDIBRANCHIA, in the Subclass: OPISTHOBRANCHIA
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