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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Aeolidioidea: Facelinidae

Filurus dubius De Kay, 1843
Not molluscan


Range: 41°N ; 73°W to 72.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 17  mm

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Filurus dubius De Kay, 1843, p. 11, Not figured
Type Locality: New York
Range: 41°N ; 73°W to 72.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm
Distribution: USA: New York
References: De Kay (1843) NSEWM
Comments: Filurus was treated as a synonym of Glaucus at http:\\www.seaslug.com/systemat.html and as a possible synonym of Melibe (Chioraera) by Abbott (1974), but according to Rudman (2006a) it is a probably a planktonic polychaete.


Partial List of References

De Kay, J. E. 1843. Mollusca Zoology of New York 5 [iii] + iv + [iv] + 271 pp., 40 pls.

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