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Aeolis
Menke, 1844
AphiaID
153490
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153490)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Heterobranchia
Euthyneura
Ringipleura
Nudipleura
Nudibranchia
Aeolidina
Aeolidioidea
Aeolidiidae
Aeolis
Status
unaccepted
(Invalid: Placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 779)
Accepted name
Aeolidia
Cuvier, 1797
Rank
Genus
Parent
Aeolidiidae J. E. Gray, 1827
Original name
Aeolis
Menke, 1844
Direct children (8)
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Species
Aeolis argenteolineata
A. Costa, 1866
accepted as
Coryphella lineata
(Lovén, 1846)
(
unaccepted
>
junior subjective synonym
)
Species
Aeolis bellula
Lovén, 1846
accepted as
Catriona aurantia
(Alder & Hancock, 1842)
(synonym)
Species
Aeolis digitata
A. Costa, 1866
accepted as
Calmella cavolini
(Vérany, 1846)
accepted as
Flabellina cavolini
(Vérany, 1846)
(
unaccepted
>
junior subjective synonym
)
Species
Aeolis lesliana
MacGillivray, 1843
accepted as
Aeolidia papillosa
(Linnaeus, 1761)
(synonym)
Species
Aeolis lineata
Lovén, 1846
accepted as
Coryphella lineata
(Lovén, 1846)
(original combination)
Species
Aeolis murrayana
MacGillivray, 1843
accepted as
Aeolidia papillosa
(Linnaeus, 1761)
(synonym)
Species
Aeolis neglecta
Lovén, 1846
accepted as
Tergipes tergipes
(Forsskĺl, 1775)
(synonym)
Species
Aeolis rubrovittata
A. Costa, 1866
accepted as
Facelina rubrovittata
(A. Costa, 1866)
(
unaccepted
>
superseded combination
)
Original description
Menke, K. T. (1844). Zur ältesten Geschichte der Mollusken. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 1:65-76.
,
available online at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291453
page(s): 73
[details]
Taxonomic citation
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase.
Aeolis
Menke, 1844. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153490 on 2026-08-14
Regional species database citation
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species.
Aeolis
Menke, 1844. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=153490 on 2026-08-14
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2005-04-15 07:47:28Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2006-09-04 10:51:58Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2010-10-16 22:02:15Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2019-11-01 21:41:43Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce
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Sources (3)
original description
Menke, K. T. (1844). Zur ältesten Geschichte der Mollusken. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 1:65-76.
,
available online at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291453
page(s): 73
[details]
basis of record
Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.
(look up in
IMIS
)
[details]
additional source
Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online.
,
available online at
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about
[details]