Alderia
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Genus: | Alderia George Allman, 1846[1]
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Alderia is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae. These are sacoglossan sea slugs.
The name Alderia first appeared in Thompson's 1844 Report on the fauna of Ireland[2] as a nomen nudum (Allmann MSS).
Species
Species within the genus Alderia include:
- Alderia modesta (Lovén, 1844)
- Alderia uda (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1956)
- Alderia willowi Krug, Ellingson, Burton & Valdés, 2007
References
- ^ Allman G. (1846). "Note on a new genus of Nudibranchiate Mollusca". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 17: 1-4.
- ^ Thompson W. (1844). "Report on the fauna of Ireland: Div. Invertebrata. Drawn up, at the request of the British Association". Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 1844;1843: 245-291.