''Pleurobranchella'' is a
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sea slug
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the family
Pleurobranchaeidae
The Pleurobranchaeidae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Pleurobranchomorpha
The Pleurobranchidae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Pleurobranchomorpha.
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[Bouchet, P. (2014). Pleurobranchella Thiele, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533833 on 2015-02-08]
Species
Species within the genus ''Pleurobranchella'' include:
* ''
Pleurobranchella nicobarica''
Thiele, 1925
; Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Pleurobranchella alba''
(Lin & Tchang, 1965): synonym of ''Pleurobranchella nicobarica''
Thiele, 1925
* ''Pleurobranchella gilchristi''
(O'Donoghue, 1929): synonym of ''Pleurobranchella nicobarica''
Thiele, 1925
References
* Dayrat B. (2001) Indo-Pacific deep-water Pleurobranchaeidae (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Notaspidea): New records and new species. In: P. Bouchet & B.A. Marshall (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos volume 22. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 185:321-330.
External links
A record of ''Pleurobranchella nicobarica'' Thiele, 1925 : (Pleurobranchomopha : Pleurobranchidae) from off Kume Island, Ryukyu Islands, Southwestern Japan
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Pleurobranchaeidae