WoRMS taxon details
Tritonia tetraquetra (Pallas, 1788)
851422 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:851422)
accepted
Species
Limax tetraquetra Pallas, 1788 · unaccepted (original combination)
Tochuina tetraquetra (Pallas, 1788) · unaccepted
Tritonia diomedea Bergh, 1894 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Limax tetraquetra Pallas, 1788) Pallas P. S. (1788). Marina varia nova et rariora. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanea.</em> 2: 229-249, plates 5-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10095676
page(s): 237-239, pl. 5 fig. 22 [details]
page(s): 237-239, pl. 5 fig. 22 [details]
Taxonomy Bergh (1879) used the name Tritonia tetraquetra in a sense different from Pallas (1788). The oldest valid name for Tochuina...
Taxonomy Bergh (1879) used the name Tritonia tetraquetra in a sense different from Pallas (1788). The oldest valid name for Tochuina tetraquetra sensu Bergh, 1879 is Tritonia gigantea Bergh, 1904. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tritonia tetraquetra (Pallas, 1788). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=851422 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tritonia diomedea Bergh, 1894) Bergh, L. S. R. (1894). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer “Albatross,” during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S.N. commanding. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 25: 125-233 [October 1894]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4179748 [details]
original description (of Limax tetraquetra Pallas, 1788) Pallas P. S. (1788). Marina varia nova et rariora. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanea.</em> 2: 229-249, plates 5-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10095676
page(s): 237-239, pl. 5 fig. 22 [details]
original description (of Limax tetraquetra Pallas, 1788) Pallas P. S. (1788). Marina varia nova et rariora. <em>Nova Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanea.</em> 2: 229-249, plates 5-7., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10095676
page(s): 237-239, pl. 5 fig. 22 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A. (2020). Consolidated data on the phylogeny and evolution of the family Tritoniidae (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) contribute to genera reassessment and clarify the taxonomic status of the neuroscience models <em>Tritonia</em> and <em>Tochuina</em>. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 15(11): e0242103., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242103
page(s): fig. 7 [details]
page(s): fig. 7 [details]
Other
additional source
Ekimova, I.; Valdés, Á.; Stanovova, M.; Mikhlina, A.; Antokhina, T.; Neretina, T.; Chichvarkhina, O.; Schepetov, D. (2021). Connected across the ocean: taxonomy and biogeography of deep-water Nudibranchia from the Northwest Pacific reveal trans-Pacific links and two undescribed species. <em>Organisms Diversity & Evolution.</em> DOI 10.1007/s13127-021-00526-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-021-00526-8 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Bergh (1879) used the name Tritonia tetraquetra in a sense different from Pallas (1788). The oldest valid name for Tochuina tetraquetra sensu Bergh, 1879 is Tritonia gigantea Bergh, 1904. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Rosy tritonia [from synonym]Large orange peel nudibranch [from synonym] | [details] |
| Japanese | ホクヨウウミウシ [from synonym] | [details] |
| Russian | Тритония двулопастная [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes) (from synonym Tritonia diomedea Bergh, 1894)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Tritonia diomedea Bergh, 1894)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Tritonia diomedea Bergh, 1894)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tritonia tetraquetra)
To GenBank (7155 nucleotides; 65 proteins) (from synonym Tritonia diomedea Bergh, 1894)
To GenBank (7155 nucleotides; 65 proteins) (from synonym Limax tetraquetra Pallas, 1788)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) (from synonym Tritonia diomedea Bergh, 1894)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Tritonia diomedea Bergh, 1894)
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes) (from synonym Tritonia diomedea Bergh, 1894)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Tritonia diomedea Bergh, 1894)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Tritonia diomedea Bergh, 1894)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tritonia tetraquetra)
To GenBank (7155 nucleotides; 65 proteins) (from synonym Tritonia diomedea Bergh, 1894)
To GenBank (7155 nucleotides; 65 proteins) (from synonym Limax tetraquetra Pallas, 1788)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) (from synonym Tritonia diomedea Bergh, 1894)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Tritonia diomedea Bergh, 1894)
