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Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838)

139908  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139908)

accepted
Species
marine
(of Eolis bostoniensis Couthouy, 1838) Couthouy, J. P. (1838). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several Polypii, found in Massachussets Bay. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 2(1): 53-111., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266711
page(s): 67 [details] 
Distribution In the western Atlantic, from the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part...  
Distribution In the western Atlantic, from the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle, Cobscook Bay to Connecticut and New Jersey; in the eastern Atlantic, southern Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Faeroes, Netherlands, British Isles to the Atlantic coast of France. It probably also occurs off southern Portugal, but this has yet to be confirmed. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139908 on 2024-11-25
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original description (of Eolis bostoniensis Couthouy, 1838) Couthouy, J. P. (1838). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several Polypii, found in Massachussets Bay. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 2(1): 53-111., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266711
page(s): 67 [details] 

original description (of Eolis curta Alder & Hancock, 1843) Alder, J.; Hancock, A. (1843). Notice on a British species of <em>Calliopaea</em> d'Orbigny and on four new species of <em>Eolis</em> with observations on the development and structure of the nudibranchiate mollusca. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 12: 233-236., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22101138 [details] 

original description (of Eolis drummondi W. Thompson, 1844) Thompson, W. (1844). Report on the fauna of Ireland: Div. Invertebrata. Drawn up, at the request of the British Association. <em>Report of the Thirteenth Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> Pp. 245-291., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920904 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Eolis tenuibranchialis Alder & Hancock, 1845) Alder, J. & Hancock, A. (1845). Notice of a new genus and several new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 16: 311-316., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22069384 [details] 

basis of record Carmona, L. (2020). Investigating the amphiatlantic status of <em>Facelina bostoniensis</em> (Couthouy, 1838) (Nudibranchia: Aeolidida). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 86(1): 64-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyz034 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Balch, F. N. (1908). Two interesting New England nudibranch records. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 22(2): 13-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1743522
page(s): 16 [details] 

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details] 

additional source Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. <em>ConchBooks.</em> Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Distribution In the western Atlantic, from the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle, Cobscook Bay to Connecticut and New Jersey; in the eastern Atlantic, southern Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Faeroes, Netherlands, British Isles to the Atlantic coast of France. It probably also occurs off southern Portugal, but this has yet to be confirmed. [details]

Unreviewed
Habitat infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
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LanguageName 
Dutch brede ringsprietslak  [details]
English facelinaDrummond's facelinaBoston facelina  [details]
French facéline  [details]
German Drummonds FadenschneckeBoston-Fadenschnecke  [details]
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