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Pleurobranchus Cuvier, 1804

138364 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138364)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Gastropoda
  5. Heterobranchia
  6. Euthyneura
  7. Ringipleura
  8. Nudipleura
  9. Pleurobranchida
  10. Pleurobranchoidea
  11. Pleurobranchidae
  12. Pleurobranchus
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Genus
Pleurobranchidae J. E. Gray, 1827
Oscanius Leach, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurobranchus (Oscanius) Leach, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Susania J. E. Gray, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Pleurobranchus areolatus Mörch, 1863
  2. Species Pleurobranchus crossei Vayssière, 1897
  3. Species Pleurobranchus forskalii Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828
  4. Species Pleurobranchus membranaceus (Montagu, 1816)
  5. Species Pleurobranchus reticulatus Rang, 1832
  6. Species Pleurobranchus testudinarius Cantraine, 1835
  7. Subgenus Pleurobranchus (Oscanius) Leach, 1847 accepted as Pleurobranchus Cuvier, 1804 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    1. Species Pleurobranchus (Oscanius) semperi Vayssière, 1897 accepted as Pleurobranchus forskalii Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828
  8. Species Pleurobranchus atlanticus Abbott, 1949 accepted as Pleurobranchus areolatus Mörch, 1863 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  9. Species Pleurobranchus aurantiacus Risso, 1818 accepted as Berthella aurantiaca (Risso, 1818) (original combination)
  10. Species Pleurobranchus brevifrons R. A. Philippi, 1844 accepted as Berthella plumula (Montagu, 1803) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  11. Species Pleurobranchus contarinii Vérany, 1846 accepted as Pleurobranchus membranaceus (Montagu, 1816) (dubious synonym)
  12. Species Pleurobranchus dautzenbergi R. B. Watson, 1897 accepted as Berthella dautzenbergi (R. B. Watson, 1897) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  13. Species Pleurobranchus dehaanii Cantraine, 1841 accepted as Berthellina engeli Gardiner, 1936 (dubious synonym)
  14. Species Pleurobranchus denotarisi Vérany, 1846 accepted as Pleurobranchus testudinarius Cantraine, 1835 (dubious synonym)
  15. Species Pleurobranchus denotarisii Vérany, 1846 accepted as Pleurobranchus membranaceus (Montagu, 1816) (dubious synonym)
  16. Species Pleurobranchus elongatus Cantraine, 1835 accepted as Berthella elongata (Cantraine, 1835)
  17. Species Pleurobranchus elongatus Cantraine, 1835 accepted as Berthella aurantiaca (Risso, 1818) (dubious synonym)
  18. Species Pleurobranchus fleuriausi A. d'Orbigny, 1838 accepted as Berthella plumula (Montagu, 1803) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  19. Species Pleurobranchus garciagomezi Cervera, Cattaneo-Vietti & Edmunds, 1996 accepted as Pleurobranchus reticulatus Rang, 1832 (synonym)
  20. Species Pleurobranchus lesueur Blainville, 1827 accepted as Pleurobranchus membranaceus (Montagu, 1816) (dubious synonym)
  21. Species Pleurobranchus lowei R. B. Watson, 1897 accepted as Haliotinella patinaria Guppy, 1876 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  22. Species Pleurobranchus mammillatus R. A. Philippi, 1836 accepted as Pleurobranchus testudinarius Cantraine, 1835
  23. Species Pleurobranchus monterosati Vayssière, 1880 accepted as Berthella ocellata (Delle Chiaje, 1830) (synonym)
  24. Species Pleurobranchus ocellatus Delle Chiaje, 1830 accepted as Berthella ocellata (Delle Chiaje, 1830)
  25. Species Pleurobranchus perforatus R. A. Philippi, 1844 accepted as Berthella perforata (R. A. Philippi, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  26. Species Pleurobranchus perrieri Vayssière, 1897 accepted as Pleurobranchus forskalii Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828
  27. Species Pleurobranchus reesi K. White, 1952 accepted as Pleurobranchus areolatus Mörch, 1863
  28. Species Pleurobranchus stellatus Risso, 1826 accepted as Pleurehdera stellata (Risso, 1826) (original combination)
  29. Species Pleurobranchus tuberculatus Meckel, 1808 accepted as Pleurobranchus membranaceus (Montagu, 1816) (senior synonym; see Note)
  30. Species Pleurobranchus wirtzi Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2014 accepted as Pleurobranchus reticulatus Rang, 1832 (probable synonym)
marine
Cuvier G. (1804). Mémoire sur la phyllidie et le pleurobranche. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 5: 266-276, pl. 18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48531444
page(s): 275 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pleurobranchus Cuvier, 1804. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138364 on 2026-08-02
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Pleurobranchus Cuvier, 1804. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138364 on 2026-08-02
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2010-10-16 15:09:18Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2013-01-17 20:49:34Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2019-03-14 01:20:23Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

original description Cuvier G. (1804). Mémoire sur la phyllidie et le pleurobranche. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 5: 266-276, pl. 18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48531444
page(s): 275 [details] 

original description (of Oscanius Leach, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 268 [details] 

basis of record Goodheart J., Camacho-García Y., Padula V., Schrödl M., Cervera J.L., Gosliner T.M. & Valdés Á. (2015). Systematics and biogeography of <i>Pleurobranchus</i> Cuvier, 1804, sea slugs (Heterobranchia: Nudipleura: Pleurobranchidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 174: 322-362., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12237 [details] 
 
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