Deep-Sea taxon details
Galvinella Eliot, 1907
699304 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:699304)
accepted
Genus
Galvinella antarctica Eliot, 1907 (type by monotypy)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Eliot, C. N. E. (1907). Mollusca. IV. Nudibranchiata. National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904. Natural History 2, Mollusca, IV: 1-28, 1 pl., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17268932 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Galvinella Eliot, 1907. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=699304 on 2026-10-05
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Galvinella Eliot, 1907. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=699304 on 2026-10-05
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original description
Eliot, C. N. E. (1907). Mollusca. IV. Nudibranchiata. National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904. Natural History 2, Mollusca, IV: 1-28, 1 pl., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17268932 [details]
basis of record Edmunds, M. & Kress, A. (1969). On the European species of <i>Eubranchus</i> (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 49(4): 879-912., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400038005
page(s): 905 [details] Available for editors
additional source Martynov A.V. (1998). Opisthobranch mollusks (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) of the family Eubranchidae: Taxonomy and two new species from the Sea of Japan [in Russian]. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 77(7): 763-777. [details] Available for editors
status source Korshunova, T.; Fletcher, K.; Martynov, A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated — how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 204(4): zlaf057: 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057
page(s): 30; note: as valid genus [details] Available for editors
status source Valdés Á., Moran A.L. & Woods H.A. (2012) Revision of several poorly known Antarctic aeolid nudibranch species (Mollusca: Gastropoda), with the description of a new species. <i>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom</i> 92(5): 1161-1174. [Published online 19 April 2011; Code-compliant paper version published in August 2012], available online at http://woods-lab.dbs.umt.edu/cms/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Valdes-et-al.-2011.pdf
note: as taxon inquirendum [details]
basis of record Edmunds, M. & Kress, A. (1969). On the European species of <i>Eubranchus</i> (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 49(4): 879-912., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400038005
page(s): 905 [details] Available for editors
additional source Martynov A.V. (1998). Opisthobranch mollusks (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) of the family Eubranchidae: Taxonomy and two new species from the Sea of Japan [in Russian]. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 77(7): 763-777. [details] Available for editors
status source Korshunova, T.; Fletcher, K.; Martynov, A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated — how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 204(4): zlaf057: 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057
page(s): 30; note: as valid genus [details] Available for editors
status source Valdés Á., Moran A.L. & Woods H.A. (2012) Revision of several poorly known Antarctic aeolid nudibranch species (Mollusca: Gastropoda), with the description of a new species. <i>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom</i> 92(5): 1161-1174. [Published online 19 April 2011; Code-compliant paper version published in August 2012], available online at http://woods-lab.dbs.umt.edu/cms/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Valdes-et-al.-2011.pdf
note: as taxon inquirendum [details]
