Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Bulbaeolidia alba (Risbec, 1928)

Eolidáceo albo, White aeolis

(A. alba) Length: 40 mm.

(A. alba) Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), intertidal, feeds on anemonas.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Nudibranchia

Suborder
Cladobranchia

Superfamily
Aeolidioidea

Family
Aeolidiidae

Genus
Bulbaeolidia

Species
alba

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Aeolidiella alba Risbec, 1928;

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: (A. alba) Circumtropical

References

  • Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Gosliner, T.M. (1991) The Opisthobranch Gastropod Fauna of the Galapagos Islands. In: M.J. James (ed.): Galápagos marine invertebrates. Taxonomy, biogeography, and evolution in Darwin´s islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 281-305.
  • Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Bulbaeolidia alba", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19968. Accessed 30 October 2026.