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Aplysia vaccaria L. R. Winkler, 1955
568031 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:568031)
accepted
Species
Aplysia (Aplysia) vaccaria L. R. Winkler, 1955 · alternative representation
Aplysia cedrosensis Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 · unaccepted (uncertain synonym)
Aplysia reticulopoda Beeman, 1960 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Winkler, L. R. (1955). A new species of <i>Aplysia</i> on the southern California coast. <em>Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 54: 5-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34300609
page(s): 5-7, pls 2, 3 [details]
page(s): 5-7, pls 2, 3 [details]
Type locality contained in Southern California Bight
type locality contained in Southern California Bight [details]
Distribution North-eastern Pacific, from Monterey Bay, California to Gulf of California. A single record is known from Tlacopanocha,...
Distribution North-eastern Pacific, from Monterey Bay, California to Gulf of California. A single record is known from Tlacopanocha, Guerrero, Mexico, the only confirmed Tropical Eastern Pacific record and likely an isolated event. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Aplysia vaccaria L. R. Winkler, 1955. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568031 on 2026-10-01
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original description
Winkler, L. R. (1955). A new species of <i>Aplysia</i> on the southern California coast. <em>Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 54: 5-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34300609
page(s): 5-7, pls 2, 3 [details]
original description (of Aplysia cedrosensis Bartsch & Rehder, 1939) Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H. A. (1939). Mollusks collected on the Presidential cruise of 1938. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 98(10): 1-18, pls 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8824141 [details]
original description (of Aplysia reticulopoda Beeman, 1960) Beeman R.D. (1960). A new tectibranch, <i>Aplysia reticulopoda</i>, from the southern California coast. <em>Bulletin of The Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 59: 144–152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34305560 [details]
basis of record Bebbington, A., 1977. Aplysiid species from eastern Australia with notes on the Pacific Ocean Aplysiomorpha (Gastropoda, Opistobranchia). Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 34 1: 87-147., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb00373.x [details]
additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 122 [details]
additional source Valdés A. (2019). Northeast Pacific benthic shelled sea slugs. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 13: 242-304., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.21
page(s): 258, figs 6C, 7F [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 5-7, pls 2, 3 [details]
original description (of Aplysia cedrosensis Bartsch & Rehder, 1939) Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H. A. (1939). Mollusks collected on the Presidential cruise of 1938. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 98(10): 1-18, pls 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8824141 [details]
original description (of Aplysia reticulopoda Beeman, 1960) Beeman R.D. (1960). A new tectibranch, <i>Aplysia reticulopoda</i>, from the southern California coast. <em>Bulletin of The Southern California Academy of Sciences.</em> 59: 144–152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34305560 [details]
basis of record Bebbington, A., 1977. Aplysiid species from eastern Australia with notes on the Pacific Ocean Aplysiomorpha (Gastropoda, Opistobranchia). Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 34 1: 87-147., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb00373.x [details]
additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 122 [details]
additional source Valdés A. (2019). Northeast Pacific benthic shelled sea slugs. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 13: 242-304., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.21
page(s): 258, figs 6C, 7F [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution North-eastern Pacific, from Monterey Bay, California to Gulf of California. A single record is known from Tlacopanocha, Guerrero, Mexico, the only confirmed Tropical Eastern Pacific record and likely an isolated event. [details]
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Aplysia reticulopoda Beeman, 1960)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aplysia vaccaria)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Aplysia cedrosensis Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Aplysia reticulopoda Beeman, 1960)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aplysia vaccaria)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Aplysia cedrosensis Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
To ITIS
