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Taxonomy
Family:
PLEUROBRANCHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Pleurobranchida (Order)
> Pleurobranchoidea (Superfamily)
> Pleurobranchidae (Family)
> Berthellina (Genus)
> citrina (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Berthella brocki Vayssière, 1897
=Berthella citrina (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828)
=Pleurobranchus (Pleurobranchus) punctatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
=Pleurobranchus citrinus Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828
=Pleurobranchus punctatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Images: Berthellina citrina (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828)
Under low tidal rock, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 30-35mm. © rights reserved
Under low tidal rock, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 30-35mm. © rights reserved
Under low tidal rock, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 30-35mm. © rights reserved
Under rock at low tide, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 20-25mm (animal). © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
PLEUROBRANCHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Pleurobranchida (Order)
> Pleurobranchoidea (Superfamily)
> Pleurobranchidae (Family)
> Berthellina (Genus)
> citrina (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Berthella brocki Vayssière, 1897
=Berthella citrina (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828)
=Pleurobranchus (Pleurobranchus) punctatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
=Pleurobranchus citrinus Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828
=Pleurobranchus punctatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Details: Berthellina citrina (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828)
Size/Grows to:
Length 13mm, Animal 60mm
Distribution:
Northland east coast, from Three Kings to East Cape. Low intertidal to approx. 60 metres
Notes:
Marine, Has a small internal shell
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References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W. 2015 Intertidal records of 'sea slugs' (nudibranchs and allied opisthobranch gastropods) from northern North Island, New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 50 (p.65)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.231)
  • Willan, R.C. 1983 New Zealand side-gilled sea slugs (Opisthobranchia: Notaspidea: Pleurobranchidae), Malacologia, 23(2) (p.228)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.282)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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