Alderia Explained

Alderia is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae. These are sacoglossan sea slugs.

The name Alderia first appeared in Thompson's 1844 Report on the fauna of Ireland^[1] as a nomen nudum (Allmann MSS).

Species

Species within the genus Alderia include:

• Alderia modesta (Lovén, 1844)
• Alderia uda (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1956)
• Alderia willowi Krug, Ellingson, Burton & Valdés, 2007

Notes and References

1. Thompson W. (1844). "Report on the fauna of Ireland: Div. Invertebrata. Drawn up, at the request of the British Association". Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 1844;1843: 245-291.