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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Onchidoridoidea: Polyceridae

Palio nothus (Johnston, 1838)


Maximum Reported Size: 11  mm

Synonymy

Polycera dubia auct. non M. Sars, 1829
Triopa notha Johnston, 1838
Polycera ocellata Alder & Hancock, 1842
Polycera plebeja Lovén, 1846

Details


Triopa notha Johnston, 1838,
[Basis of the current name]
Comments: Thompson & Brown (1984) state that the species is amphi-Atlantic, but do not specify any Western Atlantic localities.

Polycera dubia auct. non M. Sars, 1829, 
[Not available]
References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s
Comments: Misidentification by Meyer (1971, in part).

Polycera ocellata Alder & Hancock, 1842, p. 33, [Alder & Hancock (1846b), Fam. 1, pl. 23, figs. 1-11]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Under stones at low-water mark, Cullercoats and Whitley, Northumberland [England]
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
References: Alder & Hancock (1842) M; Thompson & Brown (1984) s

Polycera plebeja Lovén, 1846, p. 138
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Bohuslän
Maximum Reported Size: 11 mm
References: Lovén (1846) M; 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.]
Lovén, [S. L.] 1846. Nordens Hafs-Mollusker Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 3 134-160. [Stated date: 13 May 1846.]

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