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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Placobranchoidea: Placobranchidae

Elysia catulus (Gould, 1870)


Range: 42.3°N to 32.3°N; 78.7°W to 64.8°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 9  mm

Synonymy

Placobranchus simplex Girard, 1854
Placobranchus catulus Gould, 1870
Elysiella catulus (Gould, 1870) 

Details


Placobranchus catulus Gould, 1870, p. 256-257, pl. 17, fig. 249-250
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Agassiz MS
Type Locality: Channel near East Boston
Range: 42.3°N to 32.3°N; 78.7°W to 64.8°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, New Jersey, South Carolina; Bermuda
References: Gould (1870) N; Wass (1972) DdLl{W}; Jensen & Clark (1983) {S}; Zinn (1984) EM; Valdés et al. (2006) SW
Comments: The record by Espinosa et al. (2006) from Pinar del Rio was reidentified as Elysia serca by Espinosa, Ortea, Fernández-Garcés & Moro (2008).
Combining Genera:  Elysiella

Placobranchus simplex Girard, 1854, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Gould (1870) s?


Partial List of References

Gould, A. A. 1870. Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts  v + 524, pls. 16-27. Wright & Potter: Boston.

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