Spurilla

Spurilla
Spurilla neapolitana, Cap Ferret, France.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Aeolidiidae
Genus: Spurilla
Bergh, 1868
Type species
Eolis neapolitana
Delle Chiaje, 1841

Spurilla is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Aeolidiidae.

General characterisrics

(Original description in Latin) The rhinophores are deeply perfoliate. The foot is rounded anteriorly, with its angles slightly projecting. The anterior dorsal papillae are arranged in series and connected in pairs by curved bridges.

The masticatory margin of the mandible bears a series of extremely minute denticles along its anterior portion.

The radular teeth are arranged in a single row and are comb-shaped, with the cutting edge medially incised.

Species

Species within the genus Spurilla include:

Species brought into synonymy


References

  1. ↑ Bergh R. (1868). K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. (5)7: 205.
  2. ↑ Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Spurilla Bergh, 1864. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-21.
  3. ↑ Bergh, L.S.R. (1871). "Beitrage zur kenntnis der Mollusken des Sargassomeeres". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-botanisch Gesellschaft in Wien. 21: 1283. Retrieved 6 August 2026. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.