Pleurobranchaeidae Explained

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

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

Notes and References

1. 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