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WoRMS name details

Berthella stellata (Risso, 1826)

AphiaID

140814 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140814)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Pleurehdera stellata (Risso, 1826)

Rank

Species

Parent

Berthella Blainville, 1824

Original name

Pleurobranchus stellatus Risso, 1826

Synonymised names

Pleurobranchus (Bouvieria) stellatus Risso, 1826 · unaccepted

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Subspecies Berthella stellata albocrossata Heller & T. E. Thompson, 1983 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Pleurobranchus stellatus Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Berthella stellata (Risso, 1826). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140814 on 2026-09-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2024-02-12 21:47:35Z

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Picton, Bernard

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Nomenclature

original description (of Pleurobranchus stellatus Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

Taxonomy

status source Ghanimi, H.; Schrödl, M.; Goddard, J. H. R.; Ballesteros, M.; Gosliner, T. M.; Buske, Y.; Valdés, Á. (2020). Stargazing under the sea: molecular and morphological data reveal a constellation of species in the Berthella stellata (Risso, 1826) species complex (Mollusca, Heterobranchia, Pleurobranchidae). Marine Biodiversity. 50(11) [32 pp.]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-019-01027-w [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]