Samla Bergh, 1900

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Samla Bergh, 1900 Figs 45, 46, 47

Type species.

Samla annuligera Bergh, 1900

Diagnosis.

Body narrow. Notal ridge present, discontinuous. Cerata on low elevations. Single precardiac ceratal cluster. Rhinophores perfoliated, shorter than oral tentacles. Anterior foot corners present. Anus pleuroproctic. Rachidian teeth usually with relatively broad non-compressed cusp and distinct denticles, more rarely cusp compressed. Lateral teeth with attenuated process basally. Distal and proximal receptaculum seminis. Short vas deferens distally widens into non-granulated prostate. No external penial collar. Penis indistinct or conical.

Species included.

Samla bicolor (Kelaart, 1858) (= Samla annuligera Bergh, 1900) (Fig. 46) (original description in Kelaart 1858; Bergh 1900b; redescription in Gosliner and Willan 1991), Samla bilas (Gosliner & Willan, 1991), comb. n. (original description in Gosliner and Willan 1991), Samla macassarana (Bergh, 1905), comb. n. (original description in Bergh 1905), Samla riwo (Gosliner & Willan 1991), comb. n. (original description in Gosliner and Willan 1991), Samla takashigei sp. n. (Fig. 47). Two more species are tentatively assigned to the genus Samla , but their placement needs to be refined using molecular data: Samla telja (Marcus & Marcus, 1967), comb. n. (original description in Marcus and Marcus 1967) and Samla rubropurpurata (Gosliner & Willan, 1991), comb. n. (original description in Gosliner and Willan 1991).