Orienthella
| Orienthella | |
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| Orienthella cooperi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Coryphellidae |
| Genus: | Orienthella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017[1] |
| Type species | |
| Coryphella trilineata O'Donoghue, 1921 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Orienthella is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Coryphellidae.[2][3]
Taxonomic Notes
[edit]In a recent study, Ekimova et al. (2026) synonymized Coryphellidae with Flabellinidae, and synonymized all genera previously within Coryphellidae with Coryphella[4]. It is very important to note that despite Orienthella being invalidated, Orienthella piunca currently remains a fully accepted species[5], as it was the only member of Orienthella not included in the study.
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Orienthella are as follows:[2][1]
- Orienthella fogata (Millen & Hermosillo, 2007)
- Orienthella piunca (Marcus, Er., 1961)
- Orienthella trilineata (O'Donoghue, 1921)
- Orienthella verta (Marcus, Ev. 1970)
References
[edit]- 1 2 Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys. 717: 1-139.
- 1 2 Bouchet, P.; Picton, B. (2018). Orienthella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017. In: MolluscaBase (2026). Accessed on 2026-04-03.
- ↑ Korshunova, Tatiana; Fletcher, Karin; Martynov, Alexander (2025-08-01). "The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057. ISSN 0024-4082.
- ↑ Ekimova I., Carmona L., Mikhlina AL., Grishina D., Stanovova M.V., Schepetov D.M., Hoover C., de Souza-Canal J., Kuznetsov K.O., Valdés A.; (2026). Neither "lumpers" nor "splitters": A global revision of Flabellinidae s.l. nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia). PLoS One 21(5): e0347759.
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Orienthella piunca (Marcus, Er., 1961). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-05-29.
External links
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Categories:
- Coryphellidae
- Gastropod genera
- Taxa named by Tatiana Korshunova
- Taxa named by Alexander V. Martynov
- Taxa named by Torkild Bakken
- Taxa named by Jussi Evertsen
- Taxa named by Karin Fletcher
- Taxa named by I Wayan Mudianta
- Taxa named by Hiroshi Saito
- Taxa named by Kennet Lundin
- Taxa named by Michael Schrödl
- Taxa named by Bernard Picton
- Heterobranchia stubs