Berthellina

Berthellina
A live individual of Berthellina granulata, in situ
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Pleurobranchomorpha
Superfamily: Pleurobranchoidea
Family: Pleurobranchidae
Subfamily: Pleurobranchinae
Genus: Berthellina
Gardiner, 1936[1]

Berthellina is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pleurobranchidae.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Berthellina include:

  • Berthellina barquini Ortea, 2014[2]
  • Berthellina circularis (Mörch, 1863)[2]
  • Berthellina citrina (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828)[2]
  • Berthellina cuvieri (Bergh, 1898)[2]
  • Berthellina delicata (Pease, 1861)[2]
  • Berthellina edwardsii (Vayssière, 1897)[2]
  • Berthellina engeli Gardiner, 1936 - (taxon inquirendum)[2]
  • Berthellina granulata (Krauss, 1848) - the lemon pleurobranch[2]
  • Berthellina ignis Alvim & Pimenta, 2015[2]
  • Berthellina ilisima Marcus & Marcus, 1967[2]
  • Berthellina magma Ortea, 2014[2]
  • Berthellina minor (Bergh, 1905)[2]
  • Berthellina oblonga (Audouin, 1826)[2]
  • Berthellina quadridens (Mörch, 1863)[2]
  • Berthellina saidensis (O'Donoghue, 1929)[2]
  • Berthellina utris Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2014[2]

References

  1. Gardiner A. P. (1936). "Engel's paper on "The English species of the family Pleurobranchidae"". Journal of Conchology 20: 195-198.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Berthellina Gardiner, 1936. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138362 on 2016-10-22

Further reading

  • Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom)
  • 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
  • SEM images of the radula can be found at Thompson; Bebbington (1973). "Scanning electron microscope studies of gastropod radulae". Malacologia. 14: 147–165.


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