BeRMS taxon details
Alderia modesta (Lovén, 1844)
141555 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141555)
accepted
Species
Stiliger modestus Lovén, 1844 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, terrestrial
(of Stiliger modestus Lovén, 1844) Lovén, S. (1844). Om nordiska hafs-mollusker. <em>Öfversigt af Kungliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 1(3): 48-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2602980
page(s): 49 [details]
page(s): 49 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Alderia modesta (Lovén, 1844). Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms./aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141555 on 2026-04-28
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Alderia modesta (Lovén, 1844). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141555 on 2026-04-28
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original description
(of Stiliger modestus Lovén, 1844) Lovén, S. (1844). Om nordiska hafs-mollusker. <em>Öfversigt af Kungliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 1(3): 48-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2602980
page(s): 49 [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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Bleakney, J. S. (1996). Sea slugs of Atlantic Canada and the Gulf of Maine. <em>The Nova Scotia Museum Field Guide Series. Nimbus Publishing. Halifax.</em> 1-216. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
status source Ellingson, R. A.; Vo, J.; Llaban, A.; Lugo, L. M.; Vendetti, J. E.; Krug, P. J. (2025). Coastal elites: Recurrent trans‐Arctic migration and vicariance in a cosmopolitan sea slug driven by Pleistocene glacial cycles. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12738: 1-19., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12738 [details]
page(s): 49 [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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Bleakney, J. S. (1996). Sea slugs of Atlantic Canada and the Gulf of Maine. <em>The Nova Scotia Museum Field Guide Series. Nimbus Publishing. Halifax.</em> 1-216. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
status source Ellingson, R. A.; Vo, J.; Llaban, A.; Lugo, L. M.; Vendetti, J. E.; Krug, P. J. (2025). Coastal elites: Recurrent trans‐Arctic migration and vicariance in a cosmopolitan sea slug driven by Pleistocene glacial cycles. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12738: 1-19., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12738 [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | kwelderslakgewone kwelderslak | [details] |
| English | modest alderia | [details] |
| German | Salzwiesen-Nacktschnecke | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (83 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alderia modesta)
To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 93 proteins)
To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 93 proteins) (from synonym Stiliger modestus Lovén, 1844)
To PESI (from synonym Stiliger modestus Lovén, 1844)
To PESI
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 010783.GP)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (83 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alderia modesta)
To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 93 proteins)
To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 93 proteins) (from synonym Stiliger modestus Lovén, 1844)
To PESI (from synonym Stiliger modestus Lovén, 1844)
To PESI
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 010783.GP)
To ITIS
