Berthella

Berthella
A live individual of Berthella martensi on a coral reef in East Timor
A live individual of Berthella ornata, in situ, head end towards the upper right, but head retracted due to partial exposure to the air at low tide
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Pleurobranchomorpha
Superfamily: Pleurobranchoidea
Family: Pleurobranchidae
Genus: Berthella
De Blainville, 1824

Berthella is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurobranchidae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Berthella include:

  • Berthella africana (Pruvot-Fol, 1953)
  • Berthella agassizii (MacFarland, 1909)
  • Berthella americana (A. E. Verrill, 1885)
  • Berthella aurantiaca (Risso, 1818)
  • Berthella californica (Dall, 1900)
  • Berthella canariensis Cervera, Gosliner, Garcia Gomez & Ortea, 2000
  • Berthella elongata (Cantraine, 1835)
  • Berthella grovesi Hermosillo & Valdés, 2008
  • Berthella lowei (Watson, 1897)
  • Berthella martensi (Pilsbry, 1896)
  • Berthella medietas Burn, 1962
  • Berthella ocellata (delle Chiaje, 1830)
  • Berthella ornata (Cheeseman, 1878)
  • Berthella patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1835)
  • Berthella pellucida (Pease, 1860)
  • Berthella platei (Bergh, 1898)
  • Berthella plumula (Montagu, 1803)
  • Berthella serenitas Burn, 1962
  • Berthella sideralis Lovén, 1846
  • Berthella stellata (Risso, 1826)
  • Berthella strongi (MacFarland, 1966)
  • Berthella tamiu Ev. Marcus, 1984
Species brought into synonymy
  • Berthella kaniae Sphon, 1972: synonym of Berthella martensi (Pilsbry, 1896)
  • Berthella postrema Burn, 1962: synonym of Berthella stellata (Risso, 1826)
  • Berthella tupala Er. Marcus, 1957: synonym of Berthella stellata (Risso, 1826)

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Berthella Blainville, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marine*.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138361%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D on 2012-06-06
  • Nomenclator Zoologicus info
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213


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