The Pleurobranchaeidae are a
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sea slug
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s,
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gastropod
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s in the
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Pleurobranchomorpha
The Pleurobranchidae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Pleurobranchomorpha.
Characteristics
Species in the family Pleurobranchidae have a prominent mantle and an internal shell that becomes reduced ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2015). Pleurobranchaeidae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=412554 on 2015-10-19]
Genera
* ''
Euselenops''
Pilsbry, 1896
* ''
Pleurobranchaea''
Leue, 1813
* ''
Pleurobranchella''
Thiele, 1925
;Genera brought into synonymy:
* ''Gigantonotum''
Lin & Tchang, 1965: synonym of ''Pleurobranchella''
Thiele, 1925
* ''Koonsia''
Verrill, 1882: synonym of ''Pleurobranchaea''
Leue, 1813
* ''Macfarlandaea''
Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984: synonym of ''Pleurobranchaea''
Leue, 1813
* ''Neda''
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854: synonym of ''Euselenops''
Pilsbry, 1896
* ''Oscaniopsis''
Bergh, 1897: synonym of ''Euselenops''
Pilsbry, 1896
* ''Pleurobranchidium''
Leue, 1813: synonym of ''Pleurobranchaea''
Leue, 1813
* ''Pleurobranchillus''
Bergh, 1892: synonym of ''Pleurobranchaea''
Leue, 1813
* ''Pleurobranchoides''
O'Donoghue, 1929: synonym of ''Pleurobranchella''
Thiele, 1925
References
* Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397
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