Sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil
Author
Delgado, Marlon
Author
Freire, Fúlvio Aurélio de Morais
Author
Meirelles, Carlos Augusto Oliveira de
Author
Padula, Vinicius
Author
Bahia, Juliana
Author
Brandão, Simone Nunes
text
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
2022
2022-11-01
62
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2022.62.063
journal article
10.11606/1807-0205/2022.62.063
1807-0205
7617672
19.
Berthella vialactea
Ghanimi, Schrödl, Goddard,
Ballesteros, Gosliner & Valdés, 2020 (
Fig. 3D
)
Material examined:
Praia de Pirambúzios, Nísia Floresta,
13.II.2010
,
one specimen
(lost),
8 mm
(body length). Praia de
Baia
Formosa
,
Baia
Formosa
,
05.VII.2009
,
two specimens
,
10-14 mm
(body length), leg.
M
. Delgado) (
MZSP
97065;
GEEFAA
304).
Description:
Elongate oval body,
8-14 mm
body length. Mantle broad and smooth covering the foot. Dorsum translucent white or milk white, with numerous small white opaque spots. Near the center of the dorsum there is one transversal, white, opaque bar with variably shaped pattern resembling a "
T
″, "Y″ or irregular shaped. Large oral veil, trapezoidal, translucent-white with some small white opaque spots.Retractile rhinophores emerging between mantle and oral veil, rolled and arcuated. Mid-dorsally covered by the smooth notum, whitish coloration, protected by the inner shell. Gills on right side of the body and located between the inferior part of the mantle and the superior part of the foot. Inner shell oval, convex, covering part of body and translucent white.
Geographic distribution:
Western Atlantic:
Martinique
(
Ghanimi
et al.,
2020
) and
Brazil
(
Rio Grande do Norte
– present study).
Remarks:
Similar in color and shape to
Berthella nebula
but with translucent shell (
Ghanimi
et al.,
2020
).