North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Ercolania Trinchese, 1872

AphiaID

138523 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138523)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Ercolania siottii Trinchese, 1872 accepted as Ercolania viridis (A. Costa, 1866) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Limapontiidae J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Ercolania Trinchese, 1872

Direct children (12)

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Species Ercolania coerulea Trinchese, 1892
Species Ercolania fuscata (A. A. Gould, 1870)
Species Ercolania lozanoi Ortea, 1982
Species Ercolania nigra (Lemche, 1935)
Species Ercolania selva Ortea & Espinosa, 2001
Species Ercolania viridis (A. Costa, 1866)
Species Ercolania costai Pruvot-Fol, 1951 accepted as Ercolania coerulea Trinchese, 1892 (synonym)
Species Ercolania funerea (A. Costa, 1867) accepted as Ercolania viridis (A. Costa, 1866)
Species Ercolania pancerii Trinchese, 1872 accepted as Ercolania viridis (A. Costa, 1866) (synonym)
Species Ercolania siottii Trinchese, 1872 accepted as Ercolania viridis (A. Costa, 1866) (dubious synonym)
Species Ercolania trinchesii Pruvot-Fol, 1951 accepted as Placida cremoniana (Trinchese, 1892)
Species Ercolania uziellii Trinchese, 1872 accepted as Ercolania viridis (A. Costa, 1866) (synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

Trinchese, S. (1872). Un nuovo genere della famiglia degli eolidei Ercolania Trinchese. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 2: 86-132 + 10pl.
page(s): 86 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138523 on 2026-08-08

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138523 on 2026-08-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-04-04 07:14:05Z

changed

Vandepitte, Leen

2010-08-12 09:40:27Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2010-11-15 13:02:06Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2015-01-05 17:41:12Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-01-26 23:51:41Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description Trinchese, S. (1872). Un nuovo genere della famiglia degli eolidei Ercolania Trinchese. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 2: 86-132 + 10pl.
page(s): 86 [details]

basis of record Jensen, K.R. (2007). Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge. 55: 255–281., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Bonner-Zoologische-Beitraege_55_0255-0281.pdf [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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Unreviewed

Ercolania viridis

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