WoRMS name details
Pterogasteron bellum Pease, 1860
883359 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:883359)
unaccepted
Species
Pterogasteron Pease, 1860 accepted as Elysia Risso, 1818
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Pease, W. H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28: 18-36; 141-148., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866516
page(s): 36 [details]
page(s): 36 [details]
Type locality contained in Hawaiian Islands
type locality contained in Hawaiian Islands [details]
Taxonomy Pease (1860) described the genus Pterogasteron for two species collected in the Hawaiian Islands, Pterogasteron ornatum...
Taxonomy Pease (1860) described the genus Pterogasteron for two species collected in the Hawaiian Islands, Pterogasteron ornatum Pease, 1860 and Pterogasteron bellum Pease, 1860. No type species was indicated. Pease’s illustrations were published in Bergh (1881: pl. G, fig. 18–19), who transferred Pterogasteron ornatum Pease, 1860 to the genus Elysia, making it a homonym of Elysia ornata (Swainson, 1840), of which it is also a synonym according to Jensen (1992). Krug et al. (2016) restricted Elysia ornata (Swainson, 1840) to Atlantic waters and showed that there may be undescribed Indo-Pacific species, all members of the Elysia ornata clade. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pterogasteron bellum Pease, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=883359 on 2025-04-06
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Pease, W. H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28: 18-36; 141-148., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866516
page(s): 36 [details]
page(s): 36 [details]





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Taxonomy Pease (1860) described the genus Pterogasteron for two species collected in the Hawaiian Islands, Pterogasteron ornatum Pease, 1860 and Pterogasteron bellum Pease, 1860. No type species was indicated. Pease’s illustrations were published in Bergh (1881: pl. G, fig. 18–19), who transferred Pterogasteron ornatum Pease, 1860 to the genus Elysia, making it a homonym of Elysia ornata (Swainson, 1840), of which it is also a synonym according to Jensen (1992). Krug et al. (2016) restricted Elysia ornata (Swainson, 1840) to Atlantic waters and showed that there may be undescribed Indo-Pacific species, all members of the Elysia ornata clade. [details]