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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Aeolidioidea: Eubranchidae

Eubranchus cingulatus (Alder & Hancock, 1847)
Not found in the Western Atlantic?


Range: 42°N ; 70°W to 0°W
Maximum Reported Size: 9.5  mm

Synonymy

Eolis hystrix Alder & Hancock, 1842
Eolis cingulata Alder & Hancock, 1847
Galvina cingulatus (Alder & Hancock, 1847) 
Eubranchus doriae auct. non Trinchese, 1874

Details


Eolis cingulata Alder & Hancock, 1847, Fam. 3, pl. 28, figs. 1-4
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Among rocks at low-water mark, Cullercoats [Northumberland, England]
Range: 42°N ; 70°W to 0°W
Maximum Reported Size: 9.5 mm
References: Alder & Hancock (1847) M; Platts (1985) E; Thompson (1988)
Comments: New name for Eolis hystrix Alder & Hancock, 1842, non Eolidia histrix Otto, 1821.
Combining Genera:  Galvina

Eubranchus doriae auct. non Trinchese, 1874, 
[Not available]
References: Sabelli et al. (1990) s
Comments: Misidentification by Edmunds & Kress (1969).

Eolis hystrix Alder & Hancock, 1842, p. 35
[Objective synonym of valid name]
Type Locality: Among rocks at low-water mark, Cullercoats, Northumberland [England]
References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s
Comments: Non Eolidia histrix Otto, 1821; Eolis hystrix was suppressed by ICZN Opinion 774.


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. 1847. Monograph of the British Nudibranchiate Mollusca 3  Fam. 1, pls. 6, 8, 19, 25; Fam. 2, pl. 3; Fam 3., pls. 1a, 7-8, 19, 28 Ray Society: London.

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