Pleurobranchaeidae

Pleurobranchaeidae
A mating pair of Euselenops luniceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Pleurobranchida
Superfamily: Pleurobranchoidea
Family: Pleurobranchaeidae
Pilsbry, 1896
Type genus
Pleurobranchaea
Leue, 1813
Genera

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The Pleurobranchaeidae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs, in the clade Pleurobranchomorpha.[1][2]

Taxonomy

The following genera and respective species are recognised in the family Pleurobranchaeidae:[3]

  • Pleurobranchaea Leue, 1813
    • Pleurobranchaea agassizii Bergh, 1897
    • Pleurobranchaea augusta Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984
    • Pleurobranchaea britannica Turani, Carmona, Barry, Close, Bullimore & Cervera, 2024
    • Pleurobranchaea brockii Bergh, 1897
    • Pleurobranchaea bubala Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984
    • Pleurobranchaea californica MacFarland, 1966
    • Pleurobranchaea catherinae Dayrat, 2001
    • Pleurobranchaea gela Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1966
    • Pleurobranchaea inconspicua Bergh, 1897
    • Pleurobranchaea japonica Thiele, 1925
    • Pleurobranchaea maculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
    • Pleurobranchaea meckeli (Blainville, 1825)
    • Pleurobranchaea morosa (Bergh, 1892)
    • Pleurobranchaea obesa (A. E. Verrill, 1882)
    • Pleurobranchaea spiroporphyra Alvim, Simone & Pimenta, 2014
    • Pleurobranchaea tarda A. E. Verrill, 1880

References

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P.; Frýda, J.; Hausdorf, B.; Ponder, W.; Valdes, A.; Warén, A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Hausdorf, Bernhard; Kaim, Andrzej; Kano, Yasunori; Nützel, Alexander; Parkhaev, Pavel; Schrödl, Michael; Strong, Ellen E. (December 2017). "Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification of Gastropod and Monoplacophoran Families". Malacologia. 61 (1–2): 1–526. doi:10.4002/040.061.0201. ISSN 0076-2997.
  3. ^ a b WoRMS. "Pleurobranchaeidae Pilsbry, 1896". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2025-11-09.