Berthella

Berthella
Three specimens of Berthella plumula in Pula, Croatia
A live individual of Berthella ornata , in situ , head end towards the upper right, but head retracted due to partial exposure to the air at low tide
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Pleurobranchida
Family:	Pleurobranchidae
Genus:	Berthella Blainville, 1824 [1]
Species
25 species (see text)

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

Species

Species within the genus Berthella are: ^[1]

• Berthella Blainville, 1824
  • Berthella africana (Pruvot-Fol, 1953)
  • Berthella agassizii (MacFarland, 1909)
  • Berthella americana (A. E. Verrill, 1885)
  • † Berthella aquitaniensis Á. Valdés & Lozouet, 2000
  • † Berthella arctata Pacaud, 2015
  • † Berthella ateles Á. Valdés & Lozouet, 2000
  • Berthella aurantiaca (Risso, 1818)
  • Berthella caledonica (Risbec, 1928)
  • Berthella elongata (Cantraine, 1835)
  • Berthella grovesi Hermosillo & Á. Valdés, 2008
  • † Berthella jodiae Pacaud, 2015
  • Berthella medietas Burn, 1962
  • Berthella ocellata (Delle Chiaje, 1830)
  • Berthella ornata (Cheeseman, 1878)
  • Berthella patagonica (A. d'Orbigny, 1836)
  • Berthella perforata (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
  • Berthella platei (Bergh, 1898)
  • Berthella plumula (Montagu, 1803)
  • † Berthella pristina Pacaud, 2015
  • Berthella punctata Alvim & Pimenta, 2015
  • Berthella schroedli Araya & Á. Valdés, 2016
  • Berthella serenitas (Burn, 1962)
  • Berthella sideralis Lovén, 1846
  • Berthella spatula Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2014
  • Berthella tamiu Ev. Marcus, 1984

Species inquirenda

• Berthella dautzenbergi(R. B. Watson, 1897)
• Berthella tupalaEr. Marcus, 1957

References

1. 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). "Berthella Blainville, 1824". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 19 November 2021.

• Nomenclator Zoologicus info
• 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

External links

• The Sea Slug Forum