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Bolitaena Steenstrup, 1859

AphiaID

238361 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238361)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Bolitaena microcotyla Steenstrup, 1886 accepted as Bolitaena pygmaea (A. E. Verrill, 1884) (type by subsequent monotypy)

Parent

Bolitaeninae Chun, 1911

Original name

Bolitaena Steenstrup, 1859

Synonymised names

Eledonella A. E. Verrill, 1884 · unaccepted

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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)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bolitaena Steenstrup, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238361 on 2025-05-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-03-23 09:46:59Z

created

Vandepitte, Leen

2013-09-28 11:08:03Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2013-09-28 22:36:12Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-02-07 15:28:10Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-06-12 22:45:14Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2019-08-05 02:32:28Z

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Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Nomenclature

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. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 6(1): 139-294, pl. 28-32, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7477234 [details]

Other

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. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO]. 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bolitaena)
To Genbank (from synonym Eledonella A. E. Verrill, 1884)
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