Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Pleurobranchida > Superfamily Pleurobranchoidea > Family Pleurobranchidae > Genus Berthellina

Berthellina citrina (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Berthellina*	Gardiner, 1936	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Berthella citrina*	(Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828)	synonym
*Pleurobranchus citrinus*	Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: lemon pleurobranch sources: Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.

Japanese: ホウズキフシエラガイ

Literature

basis of record	Moustafa A.Y., Golestani H. & Valdés Á. (2016). A review of the genus Berthellina (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Pleurobranchidae) in the Red Sea based on molecular and anatomical data. Marine Biodiversity. DOI 10.1007/s12526-016-0558-2.
additional source	Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.
additional source	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
additional source	Marbach, A. & Tsurnamal, M. (1973). On the biology of Berthellina citrina (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) and its defensive acid secretion. Marine Biology. 21(4): 331-339.
additional source	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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Berthellina citrina (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140815