Pleurobranchus

Pleurobranchus
Pleurobranchus mamillatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Pleurobranchomorpha

Superfamily: Pleurobranchoidea
Family: Pleurobranchidae
Subfamily: Pleurobranchinae
Tribe: Pleurobranchini
Genus: Pleurobranchus
Cuvier, 1805
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Oscanius Leach in Gray, 1847
  • Oscaniella Bergh, 1897
A grand pleurobranch (Pleurobranchus grandis) off Dahab, Egypt.

The genus Pleurobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, specifically side-gill slugs, marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurobranchidae.[1]

Species

Species in the genus Pleurobranchus include:

Species brought into synonymy
Nomen dubium
Taxa inquerenda

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Pleurobranchus Cuvier, 1804. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138364 on 2012-06-06
  2. Fontes, J., Tempera, F. & Wirtz, P. 2001. On some interesting opisthobranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Azores. Arquipélago. Life and Marine Sciences, 18A: 85-87
  3. Pease, W.H. (1868). Descriptions of marine Gasteropodae, inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology, 4(2): 71-80, Pls. 7-10.
  4. Baba, K. (1971) Pleurobranchus hirasei n.sp., Proposed for a mollusc formerly known as Oscanius testudinarius: Hirase, 1927, from Japan (Opisthobranchia: Notaspidea). Venus, The Japanese Journal of Malacology, 30(1): 23-28,Pl.3.
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