Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Gastropoda: : Aeolidioidea: Tergipedidae

Tergipes tergipes (Forsskål, 1775)

Range: 68°N to 24°S; 74°W to 0°W
Depth: 4 to 10 m (live 4 to 10 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 2.5 mm

Synonymy

Limax tergipes Forsskål, 1775
Doris lacinulata Gmelin, 1791
Eolis lacinulatus (Gmelin, 1791)
Eolis despecta Johnston, 1838
Aeolis neglecta Lovén, 1846

Details

Limax tergipes Forsskål, 1775, p. 99-100, [Forskål 1776, pl. 26, fig. E]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Stretum Öresund
Range: 68°N to 24°S; 73.5°W to 0°W
Depth: 4 to 10 m (live 4 to 10 m)
Distribution: USA: Maine, New York, New Jersey
References: Platts (1985) E; Long Island Shell Club (1988) W; Lambert (1993) DdLl

Eolis despecta Johnston, 1838,
[Synonym]
Range: 40°N to 24°S; 74°W to 46°W
Maximum Reported Size: 2.5 mm
Distribution: USA: New Jersey; Brazil: Sao Paulo
References: Er. Marcus (1957) SEM; Franz (1968) NW; Thompson & Brown (1984) s

Doris lacinulata Gmelin, 1791, p. 3105, [Forskål 1776, pl. 26, fig. 4 {sic}]
[Objective synonym of valid name]
Type Locality: in fundo maris ad stretum Oeresund inter fucos
References: Blainville (1824) c; Thompson & Brown (1984) s
Combining Genera: Eolis

Aeolis neglecta Lovén, 1846,
[Synonym]
References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s
Comments: Lapsus for despectus by Loven (1846:139)?

Partial List of References

Forsskål, P. 1775. Descriptiones Animalium 20 + xxxv + 164 pp., 1 map. Mölleri: Hauniae.
Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.

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