''Spurilla'' is a
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of
sea slug
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s, aeolid
nudibranch
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s,
marine
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gastropod mollusk
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s in the family
Aeolidiidae
Aeolidiidae, a family of aeolid nudibranchs, are a family of sea slug
Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. ...
.
[Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2013)]
''Spurilla'' Bergh, 1864.
In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-21.
Species
Species within the genus ''Spurilla'' include:
* ''
Spurilla braziliana
''Spurilla braziliana'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.
Distribution
This species was described from a single specimen collected at Alagoas, Brazil. It has ...
''
MacFarland, 1909
* ''
Spurilla croisicensis
''Spurilla croisicensis'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.Bouchet, P. (2015)''Spurilla croisicensis'' (Labbé, 1923).In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through ...
''
(Labbé, 1923)
* ''
Spurilla dupontae''
Carmona, Lei, Pola, Gosliner, Valdés & Cervera, 2014
* ''
Spurilla neapolitana''
(delle Chiaje, 1844) -
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen( ...
of the
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
* ''
Spurilla sargassicola''
Bergh, 1861
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Spurilla alba'' (
Risbec, 1928): synonym of ''
Aeolidiella alba''
Risbec, 1928
* ''Spurilla australis''
Rudman, 1982: synonym of ''
Baeolidia australis''
(Rudman, 1982)
* ''Spurilla caerulescens''
(Laurillard, 1830):synonym of ''
Berghia coerulescens
''Berghia coerulescens'' is a species of sea slug, a marine nudibranch in the family Aeolidiidae.Gofas, S. (2010) ''Berghia coerulescens'' (Laurillard, 1830).In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Acces ...
''
(Laurillard, 1830)
* ''Spurilla chromosoma''
Cockerell & Eliot, 1905: synonym of ''
Anteaeolidiella chromosoma''
(Cockerell & Eliot, 1905)
* ''Spurilla creutzbergi''
Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970: synonym of ''
Berghia creutzbergi''
Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970
* ''Spurilla faustina''
(Bergh, 1900): synonym of ''
Baeolidia faustina''
(Bergh, 1900)
* ''Spurilla macleayi''
(Angas, 1864): synonym of ''
Baeolidia macleayi''
(Angas, 1864)
* ''Spurilla major''
(Eliot, 1903): synonym of ''
Baeolidia moebii''
Bergh, 1888
* ''Spurilla onubensis''
Carmona, Lei, Pola, Gosliner, Valdés & Cervera, 2014: synonym of ''Spurilla croisicensis''
(Labbé, 1923)
* ''Spurilla orientalis''
Bergh, 1905: synonym of ''
Baeolidia orientalis
''Baeolidia'' is a genus of aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Aeolidiidae.Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2014)''Baeolidia'' Bergh, 1888.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-10-24
Species
Species in the ...
''
Bergh, 1905
* ''Spurilla salaamica''
Rudman, 1982: synonym of ''
Baeolidia salaamica
''Baeolidia salaamica'', is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae
Aeolidiidae, a family of aeolid nudibranchs, are a family of sea slugs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs ...
''
(Rudman, 1982)
* ''Spurilla vayssierei''
Garcia J.C. & Cervera, 1985: synonym of ''
Spurilla neapolitana''
(Delle Chiaje, 1841)
* ''Spurilla verrucicornis''
(A. Costa, 1867): synonym of ''
Berghia verrucicornis
''Berghia verrucicornis'' is a species of sea slug, an Aeolidioidea, aeolid nudibranch. It is a shell-less marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc in the family (biology), family Aeolidiidae.
Distribution
This species was described from the Gu ...
''
(A. Costa, 1867)
References
* Rolán E., (2005). ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda''. ConchBooks, Germany, 456 pages
External links
* Bergh R. (1864)
''Anatomiske bidrag til kundskab om Aeolidierne''.Det Kongelige Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabelige og Mathematiske Afdeling, 7: 139–316.
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Aeolidiidae