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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Aeolidioidea: Tergipedidae

Cuthona nana (Alder & Hancock, 1842)


Range: 73°N to 43°N; 60°W to 0°W
Depth: 30 to 30 m (live 30 to 30 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 19  mm

Synonymy

Eolis nana Alder & Hancock, 1842
Cratena nana (Alder & Hancock, 1842) 
Eolis peachii Alder & Hancock, 1848
Montagua hirsuta Bergh, 1860
Precuthona hirsuta (Bergh, 1860) 

Details


Eolis nana Alder & Hancock, 1842, p. 36, [Alder & Hancock (1848b), Fam. 3, pl. 25, figs. 1-4]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Under stones near low-water mark at Cullercoats and Whitley, Northumberland [England]
Range: 73°N to 43°N; 60°W to 0°W
Depth: 30 m (live 30 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Lemche (1941a) DdLlNM; Platts (1985) E
Combining Genera:  Cratena

Montagua hirsuta Bergh, 1860, 
[Synonym]
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s
Combining Genera:  Precuthona

Eolis peachii Alder & Hancock, 1848a, p. 191, [Alder & Hancock (1854b), Fam. 3, pl. 10, figs. 1-4]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Fowey Harbour, Cornwall; Cullercoats [Northumberland England]
Maximum Reported Size: 19 mm
References: Alder & Hancock (1848a) M; G. H. Brown (1978) s; Thompson & Brown (1984) s


Partial List of References

Alder, J. and A. Hancock. 1842. Descriptions of several new species of nudibranchous Mollusca found on the coast of Northumberland Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 31-36. [Stated date: -- Mar 1842.]
Alder, J. and A. Hancock. 1848. Additions to the British species of nudibranchiate Mollusca Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2)1 189-192.

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