''Spurilla'' is a
genus
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of
sea slug
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s, aeolid
nudibranch
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s,
marine gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the family
Aeolidiidae
Aeolidiidae, a family of aeolid nudibranchs, are a family of sea slugs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusc
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.
[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''
MacFarland, 1909
* ''
Spurilla croisicensis''
(Labbé, 1923)
* ''
Spurilla dupontae''
Carmona, Lei, Pola, Gosliner, Valdés & Cervera, 2014
* ''
Spurilla neapolitana''
(delle Chiaje, 1844) -
type species
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of the
genus
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* ''
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''
Bergh, 1905
* ''Spurilla salaamica''
Rudman, 1982: synonym of ''
Baeolidia salaamica''
(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''
(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
Gastropod genera