Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Opisthobranchia > Order Pleurobranchomorpha > Superfamily Pleurobranchoidea > Family Pleurobranchidae

Pleurobranchus Cuvier, 1804

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Oscanius*	Leach in Gray, 1847	synonym

Children

Pleurobranchus areolatus Mörch, 1863
Pleurobranchus evelinae T. E. Thompson, 1977
Pleurobranchus forskalii Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828
Pleurobranchus garciagomezi Cervera, Cattaneo-Vietti & Edmunds, 1996
Pleurobranchus membranaceus (Montagu, 1815)
Pleurobranchus testudinarius Cantraine, 1835

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	Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

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Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Pleurobranchus Cuvier, 1804. 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:138364