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Gastropoda: : Pleurobranchoidea: Pleurobranchidae

Berthella stellata (Risso, 1826)


Range: 25°N to 24°S; 86.83°W to 32.4°W
Depth: 0 to 7 m (live 0 to 7 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 20  mm

Synonymy

Pleurobranchus stellatus Risso, 1826
Pleurobranchus pellucidus Pease, 1860
Berthella tupala Er. Marcus, 1957
Berthella postrema Burn, 1962
Berthinellops serenitas Burn, 1962
Berthella albocrossata Heller & Thompson, 1983

Details


Pleurobranchus stellatus Risso, 1826, p. 41
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Europe méridionale
Range: 21.42°N to 3.83°S; 86.83°W to 32.4°W
Depth: 0 to 7 m (live 0 to 7 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Quintana Roo; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Brazil: Fernando de Noronha
References: Gosliner & Bertsch (1988) DLN{SE}WM; Hess & Abbott (1994) M; García, Troncoso & Domínguez (2002) dlSE
Comments: Internal shell 4 mm (Gosliner & Bertsch 1988).

Berthella albocrossata Heller & Thompson, 1983, 
[Synonym]
References: Gosliner & Bertsch (1988) s

Pleurobranchus pellucidus Pease, 1860, 
[Synonym]
References: Gosliner & Bertsch (1988) s

Berthella postrema Burn, 1962, 
[Synonym]
References: Gosliner & Bertsch (1988) s

Berthinellops serenitas Burn, 1962, 
[Synonym]
References: Sabelli et al. (1990) s

Berthella tupala Er. Marcus, 1957, p. 416-419, figs. 58-69
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 14 km west of Ubatuba and Ilhabela, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Range: 25°N to 24°S; 80°W to 42.02°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Panama, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo
References: Er. Marcus (1957) DdLlS; Er. Marcus (1958b) E; Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus (1970) NW; Ev. Marcus (1984) M; Gosliner & Bertsch (1988) s
Comments: Internal shell 5 mm (Er. Marcus 1957).


Partial List of References

Marcus, E. 1957. On Opisthobranchia from Brazil (2) Journal of the Linnean Society of London 43 390-486. [Stated date: 29 Nov 1957.]
Risso, A. 1826. Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale 4 [iii] + vii + 439 pp., 12 pls. F.-G. Levrault: Paris.

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