Berthellina is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pleurobranchidae.[2]
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| A live individual of Berthellina granulata, in situ | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Pleurobranchida |
| Family: | Pleurobranchidae |
| Genus: | Berthellina Gardiner, 1936[1] |
Species edit
Species within the genus Berthellina are:[2]
- Berthellina barquini Ortea, 2014
- Berthellina circularis (Mörch, 1863)
- Berthellina citrina (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828)
- Berthellina cuvieri (Bergh, 1898)
- Berthellina delicata (Pease, 1861)
- Berthellina edwardsii (Vayssière, 1897)
- Berthellina granulata (Krauss, 1848) – lemon pleurobranch
- Berthellina ignis Alvim & Pimenta, 2015
- Berthellina ilisima Marcus & Marcus, 1967
- Berthellina magma Ortea, 2014
- Berthellina minor (Bergh, 1905)
- Berthellina oblonga (Audouin, 1826)
- Berthellina quadridens (Mörch, 1863)
- Berthellina utris Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2014
Species inquirenda edit
- Berthellina engeli Gardiner, 1936 - (taxon inquirendum)[2]
References edit
- ^ Gardiner A. P. (1936). "Engel's paper on "The English species of the family Pleurobranchidae"". Journal of Conchology 20: 195-198.
- ^ a b c Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2021). "Berthellina Gardiner, 1936". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Further reading edit
- Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom)
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- SEM images of the radula can be found at Thompson, T.E.; Bebbington, A. (1973). "Scanning electron microscope studies of gastropod radulae". Malacologia. 14: 147–165.
- Alvim, Juliana; Pimenta, Alexandre Dias (November–December 2015). "Taxonomic review of Berthella and Berthellina (Gastropoda: Pleurobranchoidea) from Brazil, with description of two new species" (PDF). Zoologia. 32 (6): 497–531. doi:10.1590/s1984-46702015000600010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 February 2020.
External links edit
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