Genus Ophelia Savigny, 1822

Ophelia bicornis Savigny, 1822

DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Graeffe 1905; Giordano-Soika 1962; Bellan 1964; Gamulin-Brida 1974; Radić 1982; Požar-Domac 1994; Castelli et al. 2008.

OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Ophelia radiata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) .

? Ophelia limacina (Rathke, 1843)

DISTRIBUTION: NA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Sars 1853; Castelli et al. 2008. REMARKS: The species was found only once in the NA by Sars (1853) and its presence in the Adriatic Sea was considered to be dubious by Castelli et al. (2008).

* (E) Ophelia translucens (Katzmann, 1973)

DISTRIBUTION: CA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Katzmann 1973a, 1973d, 1983; Amoureux 1983b; Požar-Domac 1994; Castelli et al. 2008.

OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Pseudophelia translucens Katzmann, 1973 .