Pleurobranchella

Pleurobranchella is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurobranchaeidae.[1]

Pleurobranchella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Pleurobranchomorpha
Superfamily:
Pleurobranchoidea
Family:
Pleurobranchaeidae
Genus:
Pleurobranchella

Thiele, 1925
Type species
Pleurobranchella nicobarica Thiele, 1925
Synonyms
  • Gigantonotum Lin & Tchang, 1965
  • Pleurobranchoides O'Donoghue, 1929

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
  1. 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
  • 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.
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