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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Aeolidioidea: Facelinidae

Cratena pilata (Gould, 1870)


Range: 42.3°N to 25°S; 97°W to 48°W
Depth: 0 to 267 m (live 0 to 267 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15  mm

Synonymy

Aeolis vermiferus S. Smith, 1860
Montagua vermiferus (S. Smith, 1860) 
Aeolis pilata Gould, 1870
Montagua pilata (Gould, 1870) 
Cratena kaoruae Er. Marcus, 1957

Details


Aeolis (Flabellina) pilata Gould, 1870, p. 243-245, pl. 19, fig. 270, 277, 279, 281
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Charles River [Boston, Massachusetts]
Range: 42.3°N to 25°S; 97°W to 48°W
Depth: 0 to 267 m (live 0 to 267 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida: East Florida; USA: Texas; Bermuda
References: Gould (1870) dlN; Wass (1972); J. Andrews (1977) WM
Combining Genera:  Montagua

Cratena kaoruae Er. Marcus, 1957, p. 472-474, figs. 219-224
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Cananéia, 200 km southwest of Santos, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Range: 35.2°N to 25°S; 97°W to 48°W
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Louisiana, Texas; Brazil: Sao Paulo
References: Er. Marcus (1957) SE; Marcus & Marcus (1960c) WM; Er. Marcus (1961) N; Ev. Marcus (1972c)

Aeolis vermiferus S. Smith, 1860, p. 160
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Peconic or Gardiner's Bay, Long Island, New York
Range: 41.25°N to 41.1°N; 72.75°W to 72.4°W
Depth: 0 to 9 m (live 0 to 9 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: USA: Connecticut, New York
References: S. Smith (1860) dlM; A. E. Verrill (1873b) DLNW; Long Island Shell Club (1988) SEs
Combining Genera:  Montagua


Partial List of References

Gould, A. A. 1870. Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts  v + 524, pls. 16-27. Wright & Potter: Boston.
Marcus, E. 1957. On Opisthobranchia from Brazil (2) Journal of the Linnean Society of London 43 390-486. [Stated date: 29 Nov 1957.]
Smith, S. 1860. On the Mollusca of Peconic and Gardiner's Bays, Long Island, New York Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 7 147-168, 1 foldout table. [Stated date: -- Apr 1860.]

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