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Alderia modesta (Lovén, 1844)

141555  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141555)

accepted
Species
Alderia amphibia Allman, 1845 · unaccepted (nomen nudum)
Alderia harvardiensis A. Gould, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Alderia scaldiana Nyst, 1855 · unaccepted (synonym)
Canthopsis harvardiana Agassiz, 1850 · unaccepted (nomen nudum)
Stiliger amphibius Allman, 1845 · unaccepted (synonym)
Stiliger modestus Lovén, 1844 · unaccepted (original combination)
Stiliger scaldianus (Nyst, 1855) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, terrestrial
(of Stiliger modestus Lovén, 1844) Lovén, S. (1844). Om nordiska hafs-mollusker. Öfversigt af Kungliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm. 1(3): 48-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2602980
page(s): 49 [details] 
Distribution Newfoundland to New York State  
Distribution Newfoundland to New York State [details]

Distribution This species is a typical brackish species.  
Distribution This species is a typical brackish species. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Alderia modesta (Lovén, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141555 on 2025-05-25
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Nomenclature

original description (of Alderia scaldiana Nyst, 1855) Nyst H. 1855. Description succincte d'un nouveau mollusque marin des rives de l'Escaut. Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 22: 435-437, available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=tPozAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA436 [details] 

original description (of Alderia harvardiensis A. Gould, 1870) Gould, A. A. (1870). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts. Second edition, comprising the Mollusca. Edited by W.G. Binney. Wright and Potter, Boston, v + 524 pp., pls. 16–27. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10897088
page(s): 254, pl. 16, figs 226-228. [details] 

original description (of Stiliger modestus Lovén, 1844) Lovén, S. (1844). Om nordiska hafs-mollusker. Öfversigt af Kungliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm. 1(3): 48-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2602980
page(s): 49 [details] 

original description (of Canthopsis harvardiana Agassiz, 1850) Agassiz, A. (1850). Worms of the coast of Massachusetts. Proceedings of the Boston Society for Natural History. Proceedings of the Boston Society for Natural History. 3: 190-191.
page(s): 191. [details] 

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

Other

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Bleakney, J. S. (1996). Sea slugs of Atlantic Canada and the Gulf of Maine. The Nova Scotia Museum Field Guide Series. Nimbus Publishing. Halifax. 1-216. [details] 

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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Hand, C. & Steinberg, J. (1955). On the occurrence of the nudibranch Alderia modesta (Lovén, 1844) on the central Californian coast. The Nautilus. 69(1): 22-28, text-figs. 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8525185 [details] 

additional source Hand, C. (1955). Alderia modesta in Washington. The Nautilus. 69(2): 72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8525237 [details] 

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
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 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Classification Vader (1981) has placed A. modesta in a new family: Alderiidae. [details]

Dimensions maximum size of 6 to 8 mm [details]

Distribution Newfoundland to New York State [details]

Distribution This species is a typical brackish species. [details]

Habitat infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
Dutch kwelderslakgewone kwelderslak  [details]
English modest alderia  [details]
German Salzwiesen-Nacktschnecke  [details]
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