Black-horned Egg-eater
Favorinus tsuruganus Baba & Abe, 1964
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
- Favorinus tsuruganus Baba & Abe, 1964
- Name authority
- Baba & Abe, 1964
- Common name
- Black-horned Egg-eater
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Nudibranchia
- Family
- Facelinidae
- Genus
- Favorinus
- 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
- superfamilyAeolidioidea J. E. Gray, 1827
- familyFacelinidae Bergh, 1889
- genusFavorinus J. E. Gray, 1850
- speciesFavorinus tsuruganus Baba & Abe, 1964
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Favorinus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| White-diamond Egg-eaterFavorinus japonicus Baba, 1949 | FacelinidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Baba, K., & Abe, T. (1964). Record of Favorinus tsuruganus n. sp., from Tsuruga Bay, Japan (Nudibranchia-Eolidoidea). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 12 (2): 163–164. https://doi.org/10.5134/175358 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:3DWZB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.