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Gastropoda: : Aeolidioidea: Fionidae

Fiona pinnata (Eschscholtz, 1831)


Range: 56°N to 34.28°S; 97°W to 10°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 50  mm

Synonymy

Limax marinus Forsskål, 1775
Eolidia pinnata Eschscholtz, 1831
Eolidia longicauda Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Oithona nobilis Alder & Hancock, 1851
Fiona atlantica Bergh, 1858
Hymeneaeolis elegantissima A. Costa, 1867
Fiona pacifica Bergh, 1894

Details


Eolidia pinnata Eschscholtz, 1831, p. 14, pl. 19, fig. 1a-b
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Insel Sitcha
Range: 56°N to 34.28°S; 97°W to 10°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 39 mm
Distribution: USA: Georgia, Texas; ABC Islands: Curacao; Uruguay
References: Marcus & Marcus (1963) {S}; J. Andrews (1977) dWM; Platts (1985) E; Thompson (1988); Scarabino (2004a) S
Comments: Type illustration about 50 mm.

Fiona atlantica Bergh, 1858, 
[Synonym]
Distribution: Sargasso Sea
References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s

Hymeneaeolis elegantissima A. Costa, 1867, 
[Synonym]
References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s

Eolidia longicauda Quoy & Gaimard, 1832, 
[Synonym]
References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s; Valdés & Héros (1998) T

Limax marinus Forsskål, 1775, p. 99, [Forskål 1776, pl. 26 fig. G]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Eliot (1910)
Type Locality: Mari mediterraneo
References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s
Comments: Non Gunnerus, 1770.

Oithona nobilis Alder & Hancock, 1851a, p. 291-300, pl. 9, figs. 1-7; pl. 10, figs. 1-8
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Bar Point, Falmouth
Range: 39.75°N to 39.68°N; 71.52°W to 69.75°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 50 mm
References: Alder & Hancock (1855) c; Verrill (1882a) DdLlNSEWM; Thompson & Brown (1984) s

Fiona pacifica Bergh, 1894, 
[Synonym]
References: Schrödl (1996) s


Partial List of References

Alder, J. and A. Hancock. 1851. Descriptions of two new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca, one of them forming the type of a new genus Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2)8 290-302, pls. 9-10. [Stated date: -- Oct 1851.]
Eschscholtz, F. 1831. Zoologischer Atlas 4  19 pp., pls. 16-20. G. Reimer: Berlin.
Forsskål, P. 1775. Descriptiones Animalium  20 + xxxv + 164 pp., 1 map. Mölleri: Hauniae.

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