Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Cladobranchia > Superfamily Aeolidioidea > Family Facelinidae > Genus Favorinus

Favorinus branchialis (Rathke, 1806)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Favorinus*	J. E. Gray, 1850	accepted genus name
*Matharena*	Bergh, 1871	synonym

Species group names

*Doris branchialis*	Rathke, 1806	synonym
*Eolidia rusconii*	Vérany, 1846	synonym
*Eolis alba*	Alder & Hancock, 1844	synonym
*Eolis carnea*	Alder & Hancock, 1854	synonym
*Favorinus albidus*	Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923	synonym
*Flabellina versicolor*	A. Costa, 1866	synonym
*Matharena oxycantha*	Bergh, 1871	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

German: Favorinus-Fadenschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Favorinus branchialis (Rathke, 1806). 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:139940