MolluscaBase - Pleurobranchus (Oscanius) amarillus Mattox, 1953

MolluscaBase name details

Pleurobranchus (Oscanius) amarillus Mattox, 1953

AphiaID

869027 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:869027)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Berthellina circularis (Mörch, 1863)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pleurobranchus (Oscanius) Leach, 1847 accepted as Pleurobranchus Cuvier, 1804

Original name

Pleurobranchus (Oscanius) amarillus Mattox, 1953

Environment

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

Original description

Mattox, N. T. (1953). A new species of Pleurobranchus from the Caribbean (Tectibranchiata). The Nautilus. 66(3): 109-114, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523416 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Puerto Rico

type locality contained in Puerto Rico (origin: native) [details]

, Note Isla de la Gata, Parguera

Type locality Isla de la Gata, Parguera [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurobranchus (Oscanius) amarillus Mattox, 1953. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=869027 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-02-03 13:31:59Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2023-07-01 15:35:29Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

[taxonomic tree]

original description Mattox, N. T. (1953). A new species of Pleurobranchus from the Caribbean (Tectibranchiata). The Nautilus. 66(3): 109-114, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523416 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Type locality Isla de la Gata, Parguera [details]