North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

WoRMS taxon details

Ercolania fuscata (A. Gould, 1870)

AphiaID

160304 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160304)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Ercolania Trinchese, 1872

Original name

Calliopaea fuscata A. Gould, 1870

Synonymised names

Calliopaea fuscata A. Gould, 1870 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Stiliger fuscata (A. Gould, 1870) · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet (superseded combination)

Stiliger fuscatus (A. Gould, 1870) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Stiliger vanellus Er. Marcus, 1957 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

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

Original description

(of Calliopaea fuscata 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): 250, pl. 16, figs 218-221. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Boston Harbor

type locality contained in Boston Harbor [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Nova Scotia to Virginia, Mexico, and southeast Australia

Distribution Nova Scotia to Virginia, Mexico, and southeast Australia [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ercolania fuscata (A. Gould, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160304 on 2025-01-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-31 07:34:34Z

created

Claus, Simon

2010-03-31 06:40:42Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

2022-12-08 00:17:31Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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original description (of Stiliger vanellus Er. Marcus, 1957) Marcus, Er. (1957). On Opisthobranchia from Brazil (2). Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology). 43 (292): 390-486, figs. 1-246., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1957.tb01559.x [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Calliopaea fuscata 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): 250, pl. 16, figs 218-221. [details]

basis of record 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 Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors

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