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Gastropoda: : Aplysioidea: Aplysiinae

Aplysia morio (A. E. Verrill, 1901)


Range: 41°N to 18°N; 97°W to 64.72°W
Depth: 0 to 42 m (live 8 to 42 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 400  mm

Synonymy

Tethys morio A. E. Verrill, 1901
Tethys modesta Thiele, 1910
Aplysia donca Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960

Details


Tethys (Aplysia) morio A. E. Verrill, 1901, p. 25-26, pl. 3, figs. 5-5a
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Castle Harbor, Bermuda, 0 m
Range: 41°N to 18°N; 94°W to 64.72°W
Depth: 0 to 42 m (live 8 to 42 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 400 mm
Distribution: USA: Rhode Island, Georgia, Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Texas; Bermuda
References: A. E. Verrill (1901) dEM; Marcus & Marcus (1967e) L; Lyons (1989b) l
Comments: Internal shell 60 mm (A. E. Verrill 1901).

Aplysia donca Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960c, p. 251-253, figs. 1-5
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Mustang Island, Port Aransas, Texas
Range: 28°N to 22°N; 97°W to 87°W
Depth: 0 to 7 m
Distribution: USA: Texas
References: Marcus & Marcus (1960c) dlNW; J. Andrews (1977) D; Valdés et al. (2006) s
Comments: Internal shell 33 mm (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus (1960c).

Tethys modesta Thiele, 1910, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Eales (1960) s?


Partial List of References

Marcus, E. [d. B.-R.] and E. Marcus. 1960. Some opisthobranchs from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico Publications of the Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Texas 6 251-264. [Stated date: -- --- 1959.]
Verrill, A. E. 1901. Additions to the fauna of the Bermudas from the Yale Expedition of 1901, with notes on other species Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 11 15-62, pls. 1-9.

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