WoRMS taxon details

Alderia modesta (Lovén, 1844)

141555  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141555)

accepted
Species
Alderia amphibia Allman, 1845 · unaccepted (nomen nudum)
Alderia harvardiensis A. Gould, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Alderia scaldiana Nyst, 1855 · unaccepted (synonym)
Canthopsis harvardiana Agassiz, 1850 · unaccepted (nomen nudum)
Stiliger amphibius Allman, 1845 · unaccepted (synonym)
Stiliger modestus Lovén, 1844 · unaccepted (original combination)
Stiliger scaldianus (Nyst, 1855) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, terrestrial
(of Stiliger modestus Lovén, 1844) Lovén, S. (1844). Om nordiska hafs-mollusker. <em>Öfversigt af Kungliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 1(3): 48-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2602980
page(s): 49 [details]   
Distribution Newfoundland to New York State  
Distribution Newfoundland to New York State [details]

Distribution This species is a typical brackish species.  
Distribution This species is a typical brackish species. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Alderia modesta (Lovén, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141555 on 2024-03-28
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original description  (of Alderia scaldiana Nyst, 1855) Nyst H. 1855. Description succincte d'un nouveau mollusque marin des rives de l'Escaut. <i>Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique</i>, 22: 435-437, available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=tPozAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA436 [details]   

original description  (of Alderia harvardiensis A. Gould, 1870) Gould, A. A. (1870). <i>Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts</i>. Second edition, comprising the Mollusca. Edited by W.G. Binney. Wright and Potter, Boston, v + 524 pp., pls. 16–27. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10897088
page(s): 254, pl. 16, figs 226-228. [details]   

original description  (of Stiliger modestus Lovén, 1844) Lovén, S. (1844). Om nordiska hafs-mollusker. <em>Öfversigt af Kungliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 1(3): 48-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2602980
page(s): 49 [details]   

original description  (of Canthopsis harvardiana Agassiz, 1850) Agassiz, A. (1850). Worms of the coast of Massachusetts. Proceedings of the Boston Society for Natural History. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society for Natural History.</em> 3: 190-191.
page(s): 191. [details]   

context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]   

additional source Bleakney, J. S. (1996). Sea slugs of Atlantic Canada and the Gulf of Maine. <em>The Nova Scotia Museum Field Guide Series. Nimbus Publishing. Halifax.</em> 1-216. [details]   

additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Hand, C. & Steinberg, J. (1955). On the occurrence of the nudibranch <i>Alderia modesta</i> (Lovén, 1844) on the central Californian coast. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 69(1): 22-28, text-figs. 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8525185 [details]   

additional source Hand, C. (1955). <i>Alderia modesta</i> in Washington. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 69(2): 72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8525237 [details]   

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Classification Vader (1981) has placed A. modesta in a new family: Alderiidae. [details]

Dimensions maximum size of 6 to 8 mm [details]

Distribution Newfoundland to New York State [details]

Distribution This species is a typical brackish species. [details]

Habitat infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
LanguageName 
Dutch kwelderslakgewone kwelderslak  [details]
English modest alderia  [details]
German Salzwiesen-Nacktschnecke  [details]