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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Onchidoridoidea: Onchidoridae

Onchidoris muricata (O. F. Müller, 1776)


Range: 72.38°N to 41.3°N; 71.8°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 64 m (live 0 to 55 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 12  mm

Synonymy

Doris fusca auct. non Müller, 1776
Proctaporia fusca auct. non Müller, 1776
Doris muricata O. F. Müller, 1776
Lamellidoris muricata (O. F. Müller, 1776) 
Doris acutiuscula Möller, 1842
Doris aspera Alder & Hancock, 1842
Lamellidoris aspera (Alder & Hancock, 1842) 
Doris ulidiae W. Thompson, 1844
Lamellidoris diaphana (Alder & Hancock, 1845) 
Doris diaphana Alder & Hancock, 1845
Doris ulidiana W. Thompson, 1845
Doris pallida Gould, 1870
Lamellidoris hystricina Bergh, 1878
Lamellidoris varians Bergh, 1878

Details


Doris muricata O. F. Müller, 1776, p. 229
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Denmark/Norway
Range: 69°N to 41.3°N; 67°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 15 m (live 15 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 11 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland; Canada: Nova Scotia; USA: Maine, Rhode Island
References: Verrill (1882a) dlSW; Lemche (1941a) NM; Platts (1985) E
Combining Genera:  Lamellidoris

Doris acutiuscula Möller, 1842a, p. 79
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Steenstrup
Type Locality: [Julianehaab, West] Greenland [see Schiötte & Warén (1992)]
Range: 72.38°N to 60.72°N; 56°W to 47°W
Depth: 7.3 to 64 m (live 7.3 to 18 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Möller (1842a) M; Posselt & Jensen (1899) DNSW; Lemche (1941a) s; Schiötte & Warén (1992) dLlE{DNSW}

Doris aspera Alder & Hancock, 1842, p. 32, [Alder & Hancock (1854b), Fam. 1, pl. 9, figs. 1-9]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Among rocks at Tynemouth, Cullercoats, and Whitley, Northumberland [England]
Range: 45°N to 41.3°N; 71.8°W to 67°W
Depth: 0 to 55 m (live 0 to 55 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: Canada: New Brunswick; USA: Maine, Connecticut
References: Alder & Hancock (1842) M; Procter (1933) dlNSEW; Thompson & Brown (1984) s
Combining Genera:  Lamellidoris

Doris diaphana Alder & Hancock, 1845,  [Alder & Hancock (1846b), Fam. 1, pl. 10, figs. 1-9]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: [Under stones near low-water mark, Meadfoot Sands, Torbay]
Range: 44.9°N ; 67°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Distribution: USA: Maine
References: Verrill (1882a) DdLlNSEW; Thompson & Brown (1984) s
Combining Genera:  Lamellidoris

Doris fusca auct. non Müller, 1776, 
[Not available]
References: Lemche (1941a) s
Comments: Misidentification by Fabricius (1780).
Combining Genera:  Proctaporia

Lamellidoris hystricina Bergh, 1878, p. 614, pl. 68, figs. 17-23
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Kyska Island, Pacific Ocean
Maximum Reported Size: 9.5 mm
References: Bergh (1878) M; Millen (1984) s

Doris pallida Gould, 1870, p. 229-230, pl. 20, fig. 284, 287-288, 291
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Agassiz (1849)
Type Locality: Beverly [Massachusetts]; Governor's Island, Boston Harbor
Range: 42.55°N to 42.35°N; 71°W to 70.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts
References: Gould (1870) NSEWM; Procter (1933) s (of aspera)
Comments: Nude name in Agassiz (1850).

Doris ulidiae W. Thompson, 1844, p. 250, Not figured
[Not available]
Type Locality: Ireland
Comments: Nude name.

Doris ulidiana W. Thompson, 1845, 
[Synonym]
References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s

Lamellidoris varians Bergh, 1878, p. 613-614
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Kyska Island, Alaska


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.]
Bergh, R. 1878. Malacologische Untersuchungen Reisen im Archipel de Philippinen 2(2) 457-645, i-l, pls. 62-68 C. W. Kreidel's Verlag: Weisbaden.
Gould, A. A. 1870. Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts  v + 524, pls. 16-27. Wright & Potter: Boston.
Müller, O. F. 1776. Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus  xxxii + 282 pp. Author: Havniae. [Stated date: 31 Mar 1776.]
Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4 76-97.
Thompson, W. 1844. Report on the fauna of Ireland: Div. Invertebrata Report of the Thirteenth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 245-291.

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