MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Acteon elegans Quatrefages, 1844

WoRMS name details

Acteon elegans Quatrefages, 1844

AphiaID

1604032 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1604032)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Elysia timida (Risso, 1818)

Rank

Species

Parent

Acteon Montfort, 1810

Original name

Acteon elegans Quatrefages, 1844

Environment

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

Original description

Quatrefages J.L.A. de. (1844). Sur les Gastéropodes Phlébentérés (Phlebenterata Nob.), ordre nouveau de la classe des Gastéropodes, proposé d'après l'examen anatomique et physiologique des genres Zéphyrine (Zephyrina Nob.), Actéon (Acteon Oken), Actéonie (Acteoniæ Nob.), Amphorine (Amphorina Nob.), Pavois (Pelta Nob.), Chalide (Chalidis Nob.). Annales des Sciences Naturelles. ser. 3, 1: 129-183, pls 3-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13407269
page(s): 139 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acteon elegans Quatrefages, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1604032 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2022-10-05 19:07:17Z

created

Marshall, Bruce

2023-08-09 12:54:37Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Quatrefages J.L.A. de. (1844). Sur les Gastéropodes Phlébentérés (Phlebenterata Nob.), ordre nouveau de la classe des Gastéropodes, proposé d'après l'examen anatomique et physiologique des genres Zéphyrine (Zephyrina Nob.), Actéon (Acteon Oken), Actéonie (Acteoniæ Nob.), Amphorine (Amphorina Nob.), Pavois (Pelta Nob.), Chalide (Chalidis Nob.). Annales des Sciences Naturelles. ser. 3, 1: 129-183, pls 3-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13407269
page(s): 139 [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Martín-Hervás, M. R., Carmona, L., Jensen, K. R., Krug, P. J., Vitale, F. & Cervera, J. L. (2024 [nomenclatural availability: 2023]). A global phylogeny of Elysia Risso, 1818 (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia): molecular systematic insights focusing on European taxa and description of a new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 200(3): 670-689., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad086 [details]

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