Eolis tenuibranchialis Alder & Hancock, 1845 | NEWHM:2002.H2680 | Mollusca Types in Britain & Ireland
Type Specimen

Eolis tenuibranchialis Alder & Hancock, 1845
Holotype

Alder & Hancock. 1845. Notice of a new genus and several new species of Nudibranchiate Mollusca. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. XVI. pp.311-316 [315] [Original Description]
Current name: Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838) [source: MolluscaBase]
Classification: Gastropoda : Nudibranchia : Facelinidae
Type Status: Holotype [Verified - Andreia Salvador ]
Collection: Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle (Alder & Hancock)
Catalogue No.: NEWHM:2002.H2680
No. specimens: 1 (Wet)
Type Locality: ‘Torbay’ [England, U.K.]
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Notes
From original description: ‘A single specimen in a sickly state was dredged in Torbay and died very soon afterwards’.
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Alder & Hancock. 1845. Notice of a new genus and several new species of Nudibranchiate Mollusca. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. XVI. pp.311-316 [315] [Original Description]
Specimen Data
Point Locality: Torbay
Continent: Europe
Country: England, U.K.
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County: Devon
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Curatorial Contact

Dan Gordon
Keeper of Biology
Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle
NE2 4PT

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