Flabellinid genera Samla and Tularia

March 2, 2000
From: Juan Lucas Cervera

Dear Bill:

I would like to know if the Flabellinid genera Samla Bergh, 1900 and Tularia Burn, 1966 are considered valid still.

Thank you.
Lucas.

lucas.cervera@uca.es

Cervera, J.L., 2000 (Mar 2) Flabellinid genera Samla and Tularia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2000

Dear Lucas,
The type species of Samla is Samla annuligera Bergh, 1900 which is generally considered to be a synonym of Flabellina bicolor. Samla is therefore a synonym of Flabellina Voigt, 1834.

Reference: Gosliner, T.M. & Willan, R.C. (1991) Review of the Flabellinidae (Nudibranchia: Aeolidacea) from the Tropical Indo-Pacific, with the descriptions of five new species. The Veliger, 34(2): 97-133.

Tularia was erected by Burn (1966) for an interesting aeolid from southern Australia with a radula very similar to that of Eubranchus with a broad rectangular lateral tooth rather than triangular lateral tooth. Miller (1971) re-described Tularia bractea, the type species, and argued that it was a flabellind not a eubranchid. There is no suggestion that Tularia is a synonym of Flabellina. Unfortunately I don't have a good photo of T. bractea to post on the Forum.

Reference: Miller, M.C. (1971) Aeolid nudibranchs of the families Flabellinidae and Eubranchidae from New Zealand waters. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 50(4): 311-337.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Mar 2). Comment on Flabellinid genera Samla and Tularia by Juan Lucas Cervera. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2000

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