Berthella

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Berthella

A live individual of Berthella martensi, with the lateral gill obvious.
A live individual of Berthella ornata, in situ, head end towards the upper right, but head retracted due to partial exposure to the air at low tide
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Order:  | Pleurobranchida
Family:  | Pleurobranchidae
Genus:  | Berthella
Blainville, 1824[1]
Species

35 species (see text)

Berthella is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurobranchidae.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Species
* 1.1 Species inquirenda
* 2 References
* 3 External links

## Species

Species within the genus Berthella are:[1]

* Berthella africana (Pruvot-Fol, 1953)
* Berthella agassizii (MacFarland, 1909)
* Berthella americana (A. E. Verrill, 1885)
* Berthella andromeda Ghanimi, Schrödl, Goddard, Ballesteros, Gosliner & Valdés, 2020
* †Berthella aquitaniensis Valdés & Lozouet, 2000
* †Berthella arctata Pacaud, 2015
* †Berthella ateles Valdés & Lozouet, 2000
* Berthella aurantiaca (Risso, 1818)
* Berthella caledonica (Risbec, 1928)
* Berthella californica (Dall, 1900)
* Berthella chacei (J. Q. Burch, 1944)
* Berthella elongata (Cantraine, 1835)
* Berthella grovesi Hermosillo & Valdés, 2008
* †Berthella jodiae Pacaud, 2015
* Berthella martensi (Pilsbry, 1896)
* Berthella medietas Burn, 1962
* Berthella nebula Ghanimi, Schrödl, Goddard, Ballesteros, Gosliner & Valdés, 2020
* Berthella ocellata (Delle Chiaje, 1830)
* Berthella ornata (Cheeseman, 1878)
* Berthella patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1835)
* Berthella pellucida (Pease, 1860)
* Berthella perforata (Philippi, 1844)
* Berthella platei (Bergh, 1898)
* Berthella plumula (Montagu, 1803)
* Berthella postrema Burn, 1962
* †Berthella pristina Pacaud, 2015
* Berthella punctata Alvim & Pimenta, 2015
* Berthella schroedli Araya & Valdés, 2016
* Berthella serenitas (Burn, 1962)
* Berthella sideralis Lovén, 1846
* Berthella spatula Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2014
* Berthella stellata (Risso, 1826)
* Berthella strongi (MacFarland, 1966)
* Berthella tamiu Ev. Marcus, 1984
* Berthella vialactea Ghanimi, Schrödl, Goddard, Ballesteros, Gosliner & Valdés, 2020

### Species inquirenda

* Berthella dautzenbergi (R. B. Watson, 1897)
* Berthella tupala Er. Marcus, 1957

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Berthella Blainville, 1824". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2021. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138361.

* Nomenclator Zoologicus info
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

## External links

* The Sea Slug Forum

Wikidata ☰ Q3169602 entry

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