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Gastropoda: : Pleurobranchoidea: Pleurobranchidae

Berthellina quadridens (Mörch, 1863)


Range: 24.6°N to 18.15°S; 88°W to 35°W
Depth: 0 to 50 m (live 0 to 50 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 80  mm

Synonymy

Berthella circularis Mörch, 1863
Pleurobranchus circularis (Mörch, 1863) 
Berthella quadridens Mörch, 1863
Gymnotoplax quadridens (Mörch, 1863) 
Berthellina engeli Gardiner, 1936
Gymnotoplax amarillius (Mattox, 1953) 
Pleurobranchus amarillius Mattox, 1953

Details


Berthella quadridens Mörch, 1863a, p. 29-31
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Mörch (1875)
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 24.6°N to 18.15°S; 88°W to 36°W
Depth: 0 to 50 m (live 0 to 50 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 80 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Mexico: unlocalized; Belize, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Islas Los Roques; Haiti, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. John; Guadeloupe, Barbados, Brazil: Alagoas, Bahia
References: Mörch (1863a) {dl}; Marcus & Marcus (1962b); Marcus & Hughes (1974) {M}; Thompson (1977) DL{W}; Ev. Marcus (1979) DLS; Rudman (2000) N; Collin et al. (2005) dl; Valdés et al. (2006) {N}WM
Comments: Internal shell 25 mm (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus (1962b).
Combining Genera:  Gymnotoplax

Pleurobranchus (Oscanius) amarillius Mattox, 1953, p. 109-114, figs. 1-10
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Isla de la Gata, Parguera, Puerto Rico
Range: 17.97°N ; 66.62°W
Depth: 0.3 to 1 m (live 0.3 to 1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 37.5 mm
Distribution: Puerto Rico
References: Mattox (1953) DdLlNSEWM; Ev. Marcus (1984) s (of B. circularis); Valdés et al. (2006) s
Comments: Internal shell 5 mm (Mattox 1953).
Combining Genera:  Gymnotoplax

Berthella circularis Mörch, 1863a, p. 31
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 18.3°N to 8°S; 66°W to 35°W
Distribution: Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas; Brazil: Pernambuco
References: Mörch (1863a) N; Ev. Marcus (1984) vSEW; Valdés et al. (2006) s
Comments: Internal shell 10 mm (Ev. Marcus 1984).
Combining Genera:  Pleurobranchus

Berthellina engeli Gardiner, 1936, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
Range: 19.5°N to 13.2°N; 80°W to 59.6°W
Depth: 1 to 2 m (live 1 to 2 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 67 mm
Distribution: Cayman Islands: Little Cayman; Barbados
References: Marcus (1977b) v; Cattaneo-Vietti (1986) s (of B. citrina); Hess & Abbott (1994) DdLlNSEWM


Partial List of References

Mattox, N. T. 1953. A new species of Pleurobranchus from the Caribbean (Tectibranchiata) Nautilus 66 109-114, pls. 9-10. [Stated date: -- Apr 1953.]
Mörch, O. A. L. 1863. Contributions à la faune malacologique des Antilles danoises Journal de Conchyliologie 11 21-43. [Stated date: -- Jan 1863.]

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