Berthella

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]

## Species

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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

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

## References

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1. ^ a b c Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2021). "Berthella Blainville, 1824". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

* 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

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* The Sea Slug Forum

Taxon identifiers

Berthella|

* Wikidata: Q3169602
* ADW: Berthella
* AFD: Berthella
* BOLD: 5937
* CoL: 7NQPS
* GBIF: 2302615
* iNaturalist: 49901
* IRMNG: 1345790
* ITIS: 78142
* NBN: NBNSYS0000174118
* NCBI: 71292
* NZOR: 40b5442c-ada3-4624-a068-ebb8f59c165e
* Open Tree of Life: 165262
* Paleobiology Database: 98858
* WoRMS: 138361

Authority control databases

National|

* Israel

Other|

* Yale LUX

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