WoRMS taxon details
Bolitaena Steenstrup, 1859
238361 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238361)
accepted
Genus
Bolitaena microcotyla Steenstrup, 1886 accepted as Bolitaena pygmaea (A. E. Verrill, 1884) (type by subsequent monotypy)
Eledonella A. E. Verrill, 1884 · unaccepted
- Species Bolitaena massyae (G. C. Robson, 1924)
- Species Bolitaena pygmaea (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
- Species Bolitaena microcotyla Steenstrup, 1886 accepted as Bolitaena pygmaea (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
- Species Bolitaena microcotyla Steenstrup, 1859 sensu Hoyle, 1904 accepted as Haliphron atlanticus Steenstrup, 1861 (not Bolitaena microcotyla Steenstrup, 1859)
- Species Bolitaena microtyla [sic] accepted as Bolitaena microcotyla Steenstrup, 1886 accepted as Bolitaena pygmaea (A. E. Verrill, 1884) (misspelling of microcotyla)
- Species Bolitaena sheardi (J. K. Allan, 1945) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Bolitaena Steenstrup, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238361 on 2024-10-04
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original description
(of Eledonella A. E. Verrill, 1884) Verrill A. E. (1884). Second catalogue of mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England Coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. <i>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences</i>, 6(1): 139-294, pl. 28-32, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477234 [details]
additional source Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Bolitanidae. pp. 221-224, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls. [details]
additional source Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Bolitanidae. pp. 221-224, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
