Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Doridina > Infraorder Doridoidei > Superfamily Chromodoridoidea > Family Chromodorididae > Subfamily Chromodoridinae > Genus Felimida

Felimida purpurea (Risso, 1831)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Doris Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Felimida*	Ev. Marcus, 1971	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Chromodoris purpurea*	(Risso, 1831)	synonym
*Doris albescens*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Doris piraini*	Vérany, 1846	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: pink doris sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Purpur-Sternschnecke; Rosa Doris

Literature

new combination reference	Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Felimida purpurea (Risso, 1831). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:597409