Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Berthella californica
A translucent white, side-grilled opisthobranch displaying white spots on the mantle, oral veil and foot, and an opaque white line on the extension of the mantle that overhangs the foot.
Found on rocky substrates.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Pleurobranchida
Superfamily
Pleurobranchoidea
Family
Pleurobranchidae
Section
Berthellini
Genus
Berthella
Species
californica
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Pleurobranchus californicus Dall, 1900, Pleurobranchus californicus denticulatus MacFarland, 1966
Origin: Native
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. (2008) A field guide to corals and other radiates of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 162 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Berthella californica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8720. Accessed 5 November 2026.