Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Cephalaspidea > Superfamily Philinoidea > Family Aglajidae

Melanochlamys Cheeseman, 1881

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Melanochlamys algirae (A. Adams, 1850)
Melanochlamys maderensis (R. B. Watson, 1897)
Melanochlamys miqueli (Pelorce, Horst & Hoarau, 2013)

Literature

original description

Cheeseman T.F. 1881. On a new genus of Opisthobranchiate Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 13: 224

status source

Zamora-Silva A. & Malaquias M.A.E. (2018 [nomenclatural availability: 2017]). Molecular phylogeny of the Aglajidae head-shield sea slugs (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea): new evolutionary lineages revealed and proposal of a new classification. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(1): 1-51.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanochlamys Cheeseman, 1881. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137639

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2023-09-20 by Maxim Vinarski

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