Berthellina Explained

Berthellina is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pleurobranchidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Berthellina are:^[1]

• 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

• Berthellina engeli Gardiner, 1936 - (taxon inquirendum)^[1]

Further reading

• 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. . 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
  • Alvim. Juliana. Pimenta. Alexandre Dias. November–December 2015. Taxonomic review of Berthella and Berthellina (Gastropoda: Pleurobranchoidea) from Brazil, with description of two new species. live. Zoologia. 32. 6. 497–531. 10.1590/s1984-46702015000600010. https://web.archive.org/web/20200213173415/https://www.scielo.br/pdf/zool/v32n6/1984-4689-zool-32-06-00497.pdf. 13 February 2020. free.

External links

• Sea Slug Forum info

Notes and References

1. Berthellina Gardiner, 1936 . 2021 . 138362 . Marine Mollusca . 16 November 2021.