Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Octopodiformes > Order Octopoda > Suborder Incirrata > Superfamily Octopodoidea > Family Octopodidae

Eledone Leach, 1817

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hallia*	Rochebrune, 1884	later homonym; nom. inval.
*Hallia*	Rochebrune, 1884	synonym; nom. inval.
*Hoylea*	Rochebrune, 1885	synonym
*Ozoena*	Rafinesque, 1814	synonym

Children

Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck, 1798)
Eledone moschata (Lamarck, 1798)

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
additional source	Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.

Genbank

External Links

GenBank
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Eledone. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138267