Biology:Duvaucelia lineata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Duvaucelia lineata
Tritonia-lineata.jpg
The nudibranch Duvaucelia lineata, Martin's Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Tritoniidae
Genus: Duvaucelia
Species:
D. lineata
Binomial name
Duvaucelia lineata
(Alder & Hancock, 1848)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tritonia lineata Alder & Hancock, 1848

Duvaucelia lineata is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.[2] Previously known as Tritonia lineata this species was moved to the genus Duvaucelia in 2020.[3]

Description

Duvaucelia lineata was originally discovered in 1846 and described by British malacologists Joshua Alder and Albany Hancock in 1848.[1]

The original text (the type description) reads as follows:[1]

Duvaucelia lineata figured in A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca

Distribution

The type locality is Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England .[1] Duvaucelia lineata is found at scattered localities on the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland and in southern Norway and Brittany, France.[4] It has also been reported from the Adriatic Sea, Croatia.[5]

References

This article incorporates public domain text from reference.[1]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Alder J. & Hancock A. (1848). "Additions to the British species of Nudibranchiate Mollusca". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (series 2)1: 189-192.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Duvaucelia lineata (Alder & Hancock, 1848). Accessed on 2021-01-01.
  3. Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A. (2020). Consolidated data on the phylogeny and evolution of the family Tritoniidae (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) contribute to genera reassessment and clarify the taxonomic status of the neuroscience models Tritonia and Tochuina. PLOS ONE. 15(11): e0242103.
  4. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Tritonia lineata Alder & Hancock, 1848. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2015-4-11
  5. Frijsinger, A.H.T., 2007 (Jul 18) Tritonia lineata from Adriatic. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

Wikidata ☰ Q3197076 entry