Re: Berthellina from Canary Ids

April 14, 2000
From: Lucas Cervera

Dear Bill:

Concerning the identification of the species of Notaspidea from Canary Islands:

Regarding the Berthellina, as you know Terry Gosliner, Jose Carlos Garcia
Gomez and I are carrying out the world revision of this genus. The work is not finished still, but according our studies the best name for animals from Europe, Madeira, Azores and Canary Islands would be Berthellina edwardsii (Vayssiere, 1896). To know what the true identity of the so-called Berthellina engeli Gardiner, 1936 is impossible because the data on its internal anatomy does not permit us to compare it with the descriptions of other material. It could be B. edwardsii, but we cannot disregard the slight possibility that it is B. quadridens from the Caribbean. Both species have a similar shell, and this is the only material that remains from the original specimens of B. engeli.

I hope all this can help to Erwin Koehler.

All the best.
Lucas.

lucas.cervera@uca.es

Cervera, L. , 2000 (Apr 14) Re: Berthellina from Canary Ids. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2269

Thanks again Lucas,
Bill Rudman.

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