Trinchesia behrensi (Hermosillo & Valdés, 2007) [Cuthona]
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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: Tergipedidae  Bergh, 1889
Genus: Trinchesia  von Ihering, 1879 
Species: Trinchesia behrensi (Hermosillo & Valdés, 2007) [Cuthona]

formerly placed in the Order: NUDIBRANCHIA, in the Subclass: OPISTHOBRANCHIA

Originally posted at these websites as 
Cuthona behrensi  Hermosillo & Valdés, 2007
according to 
Miller, M.C. 2005. An appraisal of the identity of the New Zealand species of the aeolid nudibranch family Tergipedidae (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia). Journal of Natural History 38: 1183-1192. 
has the genus Cuthona only one species: Cuthona nana (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
let me quote from the last sentence of the abstract:
"As a result the genus Cuthona Alder & Hancock, 1855 is restricted to one species, C. nana (Alder & Hancock, 1842), and the genus Trinchesia von Ihering, 1879 is re-introduced for the rest of the species previously included in Cuthona."
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