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Gastropoda: : Pleurobranchoidea: Pleurobranchidae

Berthella agassizii (MacFarland, 1909)


Range: 32.36°N to 24°S; 80°W to 36°W
Depth: 0 to 1 m (live 0 to 1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 25  mm

Synonymy

Pleurobranchopsis aurantiaca A. E. Verrill, 1900
Bouvieria agassizii (MacFarland, 1909) 
Pleurobranchus agassizii MacFarland, 1909
Pleurobranchus verrilli Thiele, 1931

Details


Pleurobranchus agassizii MacFarland, 1909, p. 59-64, pls. 11-12, figs. 43-57
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Riacho Doce, Alagoas, Brazil
Range: 32.3°N to 24°S; 80°W to 36°W
Depth: 1 m (live 1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm
Distribution: Colombia; ABC Islands: Curacao; Bermuda, Brazil: Alagoas, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo
References: MacFarland (1909) E; Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus (1970); Clark (1984) d; Ev. Marcus (1984) M; Sterrer (1986) N
Comments: Not Pleurobranchaea agassizi Bergh, 1897. Internal shell 8.5 mm (Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus (1970).
Combining Genera:  Bouvieria

Pleurobranchopsis aurantiaca A. E. Verrill, 1900, p. 547, pl. 66, fig. 5
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Coney Island, Bermuda, lowtide
Range: 32.36°N ; 64.72°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Distribution: Bermuda
References: Verrill (1900) DdLlNSEW; Clark (1984) s?
Comments: Non Risso, 1818.

Pleurobranchus verrilli Thiele, 1931, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
Range: 32.3°N ; 64.8°W
Distribution: Bermuda
Comments: Replacement name for P. aurantiacus Verrill, 1900, non Risso, 1818.


Partial List of References

MacFarland, F. M. 1909. The opisthobranchiate Mollusca of the Branner-Agassiz Expedition to Brazil Leland Stanford Junior University Publications, University Series 2 104 pp., 19 pls. [Stated date: -- Jun 1909.]
Verrill, A. E. 1900. The nudibranchs and naked tectibranchs of the Bermudas Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 10 545-550, pl. 66. [Stated date: -- Sep 1900.]

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