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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Aeolidioidea: Tergipedidae

Cuthona gymnota (Couthouy, 1838)


Range: 68°N to 40°N; 72.75°W to 0°W
Depth: 7 to 9 m (live 7 to 9 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 23  mm

Synonymy

Catriona gymnota (Couthouy, 1838) 
Cratena gymnota (Couthouy, 1838) 
Eolis gymnota Couthouy, 1838
Cratena aurantia (Alder & Hancock, 1842) 
Cuthona aurantia (Alder & Hancock, 1842) 
Trinchesia aurantia (Alder & Hancock, 1842) 
Catriona aurantia (Alder & Hancock, 1842) 
Eolis aurantia Alder & Hancock, 1842
Aeolis bellula Lovén, 1846
Eolis aurantiaca Alder & Hancock, 1851
Cavolina aurantiaca (Alder & Hancock, 1851) 
Cratena aurantiaca (Alder & Hancock, 1851) 
Cuthona aurantiaca (Alder & Hancock, 1851) 
Amphorina aurantiaca (Alder & Hancock, 1851) 
Trinchesia aurantiaca (Alder & Hancock, 1851) 
Eolis sanguifera Dalyell, 1853
Montagua gouldii A. E. Verrill, 1873

Details


Eolis (Tergipes) gymnota Couthouy, 1838, p. 69-70, pl. 1, fig. 3
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Tide water of Charles River, Mass.
Range: 68°N to 40°N; 71°W to 0°W
Depth: 7 to 9 m
Maximum Reported Size: 23 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts
References: Couthouy (1838) WM; Platts (1985) E
Combining Genera:  Catriona Cratena

Eolis aurantia Alder & Hancock, 1842, p. 34-35, [Alder & Hancock (1851b), Fam. 3, pl. 27, figs. 1-5]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Under large stones near low-water mark at Whitley, Northumberland [England]
Range: 68°N to 40°N
Depth: 7 to 9 m
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
References: Alder & Hancock (1842) M; Thompson & Brown (1984) s
Combining Genera:  Catriona Cratena Cuthona Trinchesia

Eolis aurantiaca Alder & Hancock, 1851b,  Fam. 3, pl. 27, figs. 1-5
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Under large stones near low-water mark at Whitley, Northumberland [England]
References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s
Comments: Unjustified emendation of Eolis aurantia Alder & Hancock, 1842.
Combining Genera:  Amphorina Cavolina Cratena Cuthona Trinchesia

Aeolis bellula Lovén, 1846, p. 140
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Bohuslän
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
References: Lovén (1846) M; Thompson & Brown (1984) s

Montagua gouldii A. E. Verrill, 1873b, p. 667
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Off Thimble Island [Connecticut], 4-5 fathoms
Range: 41.25°N ; 72.75°W
Depth: 7 to 9 m (live 7 to 9 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm
Distribution: USA: Connecticut
References: A. E. Verrill (1873b) DdLlNSEWM
Comments: Erroneously attributed to Verrill & Smith by Abbott (1974).

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


Partial List of References

Alder, J. and A. Hancock. 1842. Descriptions of several new species of nudibranchous Mollusca found on the coast of Northumberland Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 31-36. [Stated date: -- Mar 1842.]
Alder, J. and A. Hancock. 1851. Monograph of the British Nudibranchiate Mollusca 5  Fam. 1, pls. 1-2, 12, 15-16, 22; Fam. 2, pl. 4; Fam 3, pls. 5, 16-17, Ray Society: London.
Couthouy, J. P. 1838. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several polypi found in Massachusetts Bay Boston Journal of Natural History 2 53-111, pls. 1-3. [Stated date: -- Feb 1838.]
Lovén, [S. L.] 1846. Nordens Hafs-Mollusker Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 3 134-160. [Stated date: 13 May 1846.]
Verrill, A. E. 1873. Report on the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report, 1871 and 1872 295-778, pls. 1-18.

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