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Berthella

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Berthella
A live individual of Berthella martensi, with the lateral gill obvious.
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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Pleurobranchida
Family: Pleurobranchidae
Genus: Berthella
Blainville, 1824[1]
Species

35 species (see text)

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

Species

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Species within the genus Berthella are:[1]

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

References

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  1. ^ 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). "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
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