Spurilla

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title: "Spurilla" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["aeolidiidae", "gastropod-genera"] description: "Genus of gastropods" topic_path: "general/aeolidiidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spurilla" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = Spurilla neapolitana Cap Ferret.png | image_caption = Spurilla neapolitana, Cap Ferret, France. | taxon = Spurilla | authority = Bergh, 1868 | type_species = Eolis neapolitana | type_species_authority = Delle Chiaje, 1841 | synonyms =

Spurilla is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Aeolidiidae.

Species

Species within the genus Spurilla include:

• Spurilla braziliana MacFarland, 1909
• Spurilla croisicensis (Labbé, 1923)
• Spurilla dupontae Carmona, Lei, Pola, Gosliner, Valdés & Cervera, 2014
• Spurilla neapolitana (delle Chiaje, 1844) - type species of the genus
• Spurilla sargassicola Bergh, 1861

;Species brought into synonymy:

• Spurilla alba (Risbec, 1928): synonym of Aeolidiella alba Risbec, 1928

• Spurilla australis Rudman, 1982: synonym of Baeolidia australis (Rudman, 1982)

• Spurilla caerulescens (Laurillard, 1830):synonym of Berghia coerulescens (Laurillard, 1830)

• Spurilla chromosoma Cockerell & Eliot, 1905: synonym of Anteaeolidiella chromosoma (Cockerell & Eliot, 1905)

• Spurilla creutzbergi Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970: synonym of Berghia creutzbergi Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970

• Spurilla faustina (Bergh, 1900): synonym of Baeolidia faustina (Bergh, 1900)

• Spurilla macleayi (Angas, 1864): synonym of Baeolidia macleayi (Angas, 1864)

• Spurilla major (Eliot, 1903): synonym of Baeolidia moebii Bergh, 1888

• Spurilla onubensis Carmona, Lei, Pola, Gosliner, Valdés & Cervera, 2014: synonym of Spurilla croisicensis (Labbé, 1923)

• Spurilla orientalis Bergh, 1905: synonym of Baeolidia orientalis Bergh, 1905

• Spurilla salaamica Rudman, 1982: synonym of Baeolidia salaamica (Rudman, 1982)

• Spurilla vayssierei Garcia J.C. & Cervera, 1985: synonym of Spurilla neapolitana (Delle Chiaje, 1841)

• Spurilla verrucicornis (A. Costa, 1867): synonym of Berghia verrucicornis (A. Costa, 1867)

• Spurilla sp. 1 = Spurilla chromosoma

• Spurilla sp. 2 Caribbean --

References

• Rolán E., (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks, Germany, 456 pages

References

1. Bergh R. (1868). ''K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr.'' (5)'''7''': 205.
2. Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137636 ''Spurilla'' Bergh, 1864.] In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-21.

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