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 Berthella

Berthella plumula (Montagu, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Berthella*	Blainville, 1824	accepted genus name
*Bouvieria*	Vayssière, 1897	synonym
*Cleanthus*	Leach, 1847	synonym
*Gymnotoplax*	Pilsbry, 1896	synonym
*Pleurobranchus (Bouvieria)*	Vayssière, 1897	synonym

Species group names

*Berthella porosa*	Blainville, 1824	synonym
*Bulla plumula*	Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Cleanthus montagui*	Leach, 1847	synonym
*Lamellaria kleciachi*	Brusina, 1866	synonym
*Pleurobranchus brevifrons*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym
*Pleurobranchus fleuriausi*	A. d'Orbigny, 1838	synonym
*Sigaretus stomatellus*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: yellow-plumed sea slug sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Gelber Atlantischer Flankenkiemer; Gelbmantel-Flankenkiemer

Literature

basis of record	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	Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
additional source	de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom.
additional source	Vayssière, A. (1898-1901). Monographie de la famille des pleurobranchidés. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Zoologie). (8) 8: 209-402 [1898], (8) 12: 1-85 [1901].

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Berthella plumula (Montagu, 1803). 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:140812