Peltodoris punctifera

Peltodoris punctifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Doridoidea
Family:	Discodorididae
Genus:	Peltodoris
Species:	P. punctifera
Binomial name
Peltodoris punctifera (Abraham, 1877)
Synonyms
“Montereina” punctifera (Abraham, 1877) · accepted, alternate representation Doris orbignyi H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (Invalid: junior homonym of Doris orbignyi Férussac, 1822; Doris punctifera is a replacement name) Doris punctata d'Orbigny, 1839 (Invalid: junior homonym of Doris punctata Rüppell & Leuckart, 1831, and Doris punctata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832; Doris orbignyi H. & A. Adams, 1858, is a replacement name) Doris punctifera Abraham, 1877 (original combination)

Peltodoris punctifera is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.^{[1] [2]}

Distribution

This marine species occurs in European waters.

References

1. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
2. Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Peltodoris punctifera (Abraham, 1877). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139571 on 2015-11-20

• Abraham P. (1877), Revision of the anthobranchiate nudibranchiate Mollusca with descriptions or notices of forty-one hitherto undescribed species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1877: 196-269, pl. 28-30
• Ortea J. & Bacallado J.J. (1981). Les Dorididae (Gastropoda) décrits des Canaries par Alcide d'Orbigny. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. (4)3, section A, 3: 575-584
• Dayrat B. 2010. A monographic revision of discodorid sea slugs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Doridina). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, vol. 61, suppl. I, 1-403, 382 figs.