MolluscaBase name details
Doris castanea Kelaart, 1858
221075 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221075)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kelaart E.F. (1858). Description of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs, and zoophytes. <em>Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.</em> 3 (9): 84-139. [May 1858]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43940429 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Doris castanea Kelaart, 1858. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221075 on 2025-09-12
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Kelaart E.F. (1858). Description of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs, and zoophytes. <em>Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.</em> 3 (9): 84-139. [May 1858]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43940429 [details]
basis of record Alder, J.; Hancock, A. (1864). Notice of a collection of nudibranchiate Mollusca made in India by Walter Elliot Esq. with descriptions of several new genera and species. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 5: 113-147., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28909400
page(s): 120, Plate 33, Figure 9 [details]
source of synonymy Innabi, J., Stout, C. C. & Valdés, Á. (2023). Seven new “cryptic” species of Discodorididae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) from New Caledonia. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1152: 45-95., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1152.98258
page(s): 80 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Alder, J.; Hancock, A. (1864). Notice of a collection of nudibranchiate Mollusca made in India by Walter Elliot Esq. with descriptions of several new genera and species. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 5: 113-147., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28909400
page(s): 120, Plate 33, Figure 9 [details]
source of synonymy Innabi, J., Stout, C. C. & Valdés, Á. (2023). Seven new “cryptic” species of Discodorididae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) from New Caledonia. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1152: 45-95., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1152.98258
page(s): 80 [details] Available for editors
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Synonymy Kelaart's description is older, but is not adequate [details]
