WoRMS taxon details
Triopha modesta Bergh, 1880
531268 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:531268)
accepted
Species
Triopha elioti O'Donoghue, 1921 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
Bergh, L. S. R. (1880). On the nudibranchiate gasteropod mollusca of the north Pacific Ocean, with special reference to those of Alaska. Part II. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 32: 40-127., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5511014
page(s): 113–117, pl. 14, figs. 17–20; pl. 15, figs. 1–10. [details]
page(s): 113–117, pl. 14, figs. 17–20; pl. 15, figs. 1–10. [details]
Type locality contained in Shumagin Islands
type locality contained in Shumagin Islands [details]
Distribution From South Korea, Japan, Far East Russia, Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, northern California, and southern...
Distribution From South Korea, Japan, Far East Russia, Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, northern California, and southern California. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Triopha modesta Bergh, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531268 on 2026-04-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Bergh, L. S. R. (1880). On the nudibranchiate gasteropod mollusca of the north Pacific Ocean, with special reference to those of Alaska. Part II. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 32: 40-127., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5511014
page(s): 113–117, pl. 14, figs. 17–20; pl. 15, figs. 1–10. [details]
original description (of Triopha elioti O'Donoghue, 1921) O'Donoghue, C. H. (1921). Nudibranchiate Mollusca from the Vancouver Island region. <em>Transactions of the Royal Canadian Institute.</em> 13(1):147-209, pls. 7-11 [1-5]. [details]
basis of record Jung, D.-W.; Gosliner, T. M.; Choi, T.-J.; Kil, H.-J.; Chichvarkhin, A.; Goddard, J. H. R.; Valdés, Á. (2020). The return of the clown: pseudocryptic speciation in the North Pacific clown nudibranch, <i>Triopha catalinae</i> (Cooper, 1863) <i>sensu lato</i> identified by integrative taxonomic approaches. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 50(5): 84: 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01107-2
page(s): 12, figs 5c–d, 6d–e, g, 7b [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Martynov, A.; Sanamyan, N.; Korshunova, T. (2015). [in Russian] Review of the opisthobranch mollusc fauna of Russian Far Eastern seas: Pleurobranchomorpha, Doridida and Nudibranchia. <em>Bulletin оf Kamchatka State Technical University.</em> 34: 62-87 [30-12-2015]., available online at http://kamchatgtu.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA-34.pdf
page(s): 64, 66; note: restored as valid species [details]
page(s): 113–117, pl. 14, figs. 17–20; pl. 15, figs. 1–10. [details]
original description (of Triopha elioti O'Donoghue, 1921) O'Donoghue, C. H. (1921). Nudibranchiate Mollusca from the Vancouver Island region. <em>Transactions of the Royal Canadian Institute.</em> 13(1):147-209, pls. 7-11 [1-5]. [details]
basis of record Jung, D.-W.; Gosliner, T. M.; Choi, T.-J.; Kil, H.-J.; Chichvarkhin, A.; Goddard, J. H. R.; Valdés, Á. (2020). The return of the clown: pseudocryptic speciation in the North Pacific clown nudibranch, <i>Triopha catalinae</i> (Cooper, 1863) <i>sensu lato</i> identified by integrative taxonomic approaches. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 50(5): 84: 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01107-2
page(s): 12, figs 5c–d, 6d–e, g, 7b [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Martynov, A.; Sanamyan, N.; Korshunova, T. (2015). [in Russian] Review of the opisthobranch mollusc fauna of Russian Far Eastern seas: Pleurobranchomorpha, Doridida and Nudibranchia. <em>Bulletin оf Kamchatka State Technical University.</em> 34: 62-87 [30-12-2015]., available online at http://kamchatgtu.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA-34.pdf
page(s): 64, 66; note: restored as valid species [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution From South Korea, Japan, Far East Russia, Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, northern California, and southern California. [details]
