Fiona pinnata ( Eschscholtz, 1831 )

Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2017, Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique, Zootaxa 4359 (1), pp. 1-133 : 102

Fiona pinnata ( Eschscholtz, 1831)

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Material examined. Thirteen specimens. MB28-004483, 7spcs., 18 Feb. 2012, 10– 20mm; MHN-YT211, 19 Feb. 2012, 19mm; MB28-004484, 19 Feb. 2012, 12mm; MB28-004485, 4 spcs, 19 Deb. 2012, 11– 20mm all found floating on driftwood in Zavora. AMC.476792, 19 Feb. 2012, 19mm, on floating wood in Zavora.

Habitats. Drifting wood.

Occurrences. Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Globally distributed in tropical and subtropical regions (Tickey et al. 2016) Japan ( Baba 1949), Korea, Vanuatu (Gosliner et al. 2008), Australia ( Burn 2006), Tanzania (Gosliner et al. 2008), South Africa ( Gosliner 1987) and Mozambique ( Macnae & Kalk 1958; Tickey et al. 2016)

Remarks. In Tickey et al. (2016), molecular analyses revealed that Fiona pinnata is a cryptic species complex. The species from Mozambique belong to the “Lineage B” from that study.

Figures

FIGURE 31. A–B, Cuthona kanga (MB28-004999 and MHN-YT1522, respectively). C, Cuthona sp. 1 (MB28-004601). D, Cuthona sp. 2 (MB28-004844). E, Cuthona sp. 3 (MB28-004935). F, Cuthona sp. 4 (MB28-005048). G, Eubranchus sp. 1 (MB28-004595).H, Eubranchus sp.2 (MB28-005090).I, Fiona pinnata (MB28-004484).J, Tenellia acinosa (MB28-004776). K, Tenellia lugubris(MB28-004893). L, Tenellia melanobrachia (MB28-004945).