WoRMS taxon details
Phestilla Bergh, 1874
390813 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:390813)
accepted
Genus
Phestilla melanobrachia Bergh, 1874 (type by monotypy)
- Species Phestilla lugubris (Bergh, 1870)
- Species Phestilla melanobrachia Bergh, 1874
- Species Phestilla panamica Rudman, 1982
- Species Phestilla sibogae Bergh, 1905
- Species Phestilla arnoldi Mehrotra & Caballer, 2024 (uncertain, controversed genus allocation)
- Species Phestilla chaetopterana (Ekimova, Deart & Schepetov, 2017) (uncertain, controversed genus allocation)
- Species Phestilla fuscostriata J. T. Hu, Y. J. Zhang, J. Y. Xie & J.-W. Qiu, 2020 (uncertain, controversed genus allocation)
- Species Phestilla goniophaga J.-T. Hu, Y.-J. Zhang, S. K. F. Yiu, J. Y. Xie & J.-W. Qui, 2020 (uncertain, controversed genus allocation)
- Species Phestilla minor Rudman, 1981 (uncertain, controversed genus allocation)
- Species Phestilla poritophages (Rudman, 1979) (uncertain, controversed genus allocation)
- Species Phestilla subodiosa A. Wang, Conti-Jerpe, J. L. Richards & D. M. Baker, 2020 (uncertain, controversed genus allocation)
- Species Phestilla viei Mehrotra, Caballer & Chavanich, 2020 (uncertain, controversed genus allocation)
- Species Phestilla hakunamatata Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003 accepted as Hermosita hakunamatata (Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Phestilla subodiosus A. Wang, Conti-Jerpe, J. L. Richards & D. M. Baker, 2020 accepted as Phestilla subodiosa A. Wang, Conti-Jerpe, J. L. Richards & D. M. Baker, 2020 (incorrect gender agreement of specific epithet)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Bergh, L. S. R. (1874). Neue Nacktschnecken der Südsee, malacologische Untersuchungen II. <em>Journal des Museum Godeffroy.</em> 2(6): 91-116 [1-26], pls 1-4., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10860988 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Phestilla Bergh, 1874. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390813 on 2026-06-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Bergh, L. S. R. (1874). Neue Nacktschnecken der Südsee, malacologische Untersuchungen II. <em>Journal des Museum Godeffroy.</em> 2(6): 91-116 [1-26], pls 1-4., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10860988 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Cella, K; Carmona Barnosi, L.; Ekimova, I; Chichvarkhin, A; Schepetov, D; Gosliner, T. M. (2016). A radical solution: The phylogeny of the nudibranch family Fionidae. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 11(12): e0167800., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167800 [details] Available for editors 
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status source Korshunova, T.; Fletcher, K.; Martynov, A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated — how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 204(4): zlaf057: 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]status source Korshunova, T.; Fletcher, K.; Martynov, A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated — how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 204(4): zlaf057: 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4324 (1): 1–22., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
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