painted balloon aeolis
Eubranchus tricolor Forbes, 1838
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Eubranchus tricolor Forbes, 1838
- Name authority
- Forbes, 1838
- Common name
- painted balloon aeolis
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Nudibranchia
- Family
- Eubranchidae
- Genus
- Eubranchus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classGastropoda Cuvier, 1795
- subclassHeterobranchia Burmeister, 1837
- infraclassEuthyneura Spengel, 1881
- subterclassRingipleura
- superorderNudipleura Wägele & Willan, 2000
- orderNudibranchia Cuvier, 1817
- suborderAeolidina Eliot, 1910
- superfamilyFionoidea J. E. Gray, 1857
- familyEubranchidae Odhner, 1934
- genusEubranchus Forbes, 1838
- speciesEubranchus tricolor Forbes, 1838
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Eubranchus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Eubranchus agrius Er. Marcus, 1959 | EubranchidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eubranchus arnaudi Vicente, 1974 | EubranchidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eubranchus capellinii (Trinchese, 1879) | EubranchidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eubranchus conicla (Er. Marcus, 1958) | EubranchidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eubranchus convenientis Ortea & Caballer, 2002 | EubranchidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eubranchus falklandicus (Eliot, 1907) | EubranchidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eubranchus indicus (K. P. Rao, 1968) | EubranchidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eubranchus leopoldoi Caballer, Ortea & Espinosa, 2001 | EubranchidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eubranchus occidentalis MacFarland, 1966 | EubranchidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eubranchus productus (Farran, 1905) | EubranchidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eubranchus rubeolus Burn, 1964 | EubranchidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eubranchus rubrocerata Edmunds, 2015 | EubranchidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Galvina tricolor (Forbes, 1838) (Forbes, 1838) | synonym |
| Galvina viridula Bergh, 1873 Bergh, 1873 | synonym |
| Eolis tricolor (Forbes, 1838) (Forbes, 1838) | synonym |
| Eolis violacea Alder & Hancock, 1844 Alder & Hancock, 1844 | synonym |
| Egalvina viridula (Bergh, 1873) (Bergh, 1873) | synonym |
| Eolis amethystina Alder & Hancock, 1845 Alder & Hancock, 1845 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Forbes, E. (1838). Malacologia Monensis: a catalogue of the Mollusca inhabiting the Isle of Man and the neighbouring sea. Edinburgh, 1838., Edinburgh: J. Carfrae and son pp. XII + 63 + 3 pl. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3BP4W. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.