BeRMS taxon details

Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838) 
AphiaID: 139908

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Mollusca > Gastropoda > Heterobranchia > Opisthobranchia > Nudibranchia > Dexiarchia > Aeolidida > Aeolidioidea > Facelinidae > Facelina
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855
Sources  original description: Couthouy J. P. (1838). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several Polypii, found in Massachussets Bay. Boston Journal of Natural History 2 (1): 53-111, pl. 1-3 [details]

basis of record: 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 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]

additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details]

additional source: Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source: 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. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch brede ringsprietslak  [details]
English Boston facelina  [details]
English facelina  [details]
French facéline  [details]
German Drummonds Fadenschnecke  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
British Isles [details]
Cape Verde [details]
Cobscook Bay [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Massachusetts [details]
North Atlantic [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Norway [details]
Oosterschelde [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wadden Sea [details]
Westerschelde [details]
Wimereux [details]
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
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Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838)
Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838)
added on 2006-04-06 - author: BioMar-TCD
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139908
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838). Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139908 on 2013-06-19
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