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Gastropoda: : Aeolidioidea: Tergipedidae

Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804)


Range: 25°N to 24°S; 80°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 25  mm

Synonymy

Trinchesia caerulea (Montagu, 1804) 
Doris caerulea Montagu, 1804
Eolis caerulea (Montagu, 1804) 
Montagua caerulea (Montagu, 1804) 
Catriona caerulea (Montagu, 1804) 
Amphorina caerulea (Montagu, 1804) 
Cratena caerulea (Montagu, 1804) 
Cavolina caerulea (Montagu, 1804) 
Eolidia bassi Vérany, 1846
Eolis glotensis Alder & Hancock, 1846
Trinchesia glotensis (Alder & Hancock, 1846) 
Cavolina glotensis (Alder & Hancock, 1846) 
Cratena glotensis (Alder & Hancock, 1846) 
Eolis deaurata Dalyell, 1853
Eolis glottensis Alder & Hancock, 1854
Trinchesia glottensis (Alder & Hancock, 1854) 
Cavolina glottensis (Alder & Hancock, 1854) 
Aeolis molios Herdmann, 1881

Details


Doris caerulea Montagu, 1804,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 25°N to 24°S; 80°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Brazil: Sao Paulo
References: Thompson & Brown (1984) NW; Platts (1985) E; Valdés et al. (2006) M
Combining Genera:  Amphorina Catriona Cavolina Cratena Eolis Montagua Trinchesia

Eolidia bassi Vérany, 1846, 
[Synonym]
References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s

Cratena coerulea sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for caerulea.

Eolis deaurata Dalyell, 1853, 
[Synonym]
References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s

Eolis glotensis Alder & Hancock, 1846a, p. 293
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Lamlash Bay, Isle of Arran [Scotland]
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
References: Alder & Hancock (1846a) M; Thompson & Brown (1984) s
Combining Genera:  Cavolina Cratena Trinchesia

Eolis glottensis Alder & Hancock, 1854b,  [Alder & Hancock (1854b), Fam. 3, pl. 29, figs. 5-8]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Lamlash Bay, Isle of Arran [Scotland]
References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s
Comments: Unjustified emendation of Eolis glotensis Alder & Hancock (1846).
Combining Genera:  Cavolina Trinchesia

Aeolis molios Herdmann, 1881, 
[Synonym]
References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s


Partial List of References

Alder, J. and A. Hancock. 1846. Notices of some new and rare British species of naked Mollusca Annals and Magazine of Natural History 18 289-294, pl. 4. [Stated date: -- Nov 1846.]
Alder, J. and A. Hancock. 1854. Monograph of the British Nudibranchiate Mollusca 6  Fam. 1, pls. 3, 9, 11, 17; Fam. 3, pls. 9-10, 18, 22, 29, 32, 41, 44. Ray Society: London.

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