Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Sacoglossa > Superfamily Plakobranchoidea > Family Plakobranchidae > Genus Elysia

Elysia gordanae T. E. Thompson & Jaklin, 1988

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Elysia*	Risso, 1818	accepted genus name
*Actaeon*	Rang, 1829	synonym
*Aplysiopterus*	Delle Chiaje, 1830	synonym
*Thallepus*	Swainson, 1840	synonym

Species group names

*Elysia hetta*	Perrone, 1990	synonym

Literature

original description	Thompson, T. E. & Jaklin, A. (1988). Eastern Mediterranean Opistobranchia: Elysiidae (Sacoglossa = Ascoglossa). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 54: 59-69.
status source	Martín-Hervás, M. R., Carmona, L., Jensen, K. R., Krug, P. J., Vitale, F. & Cervera, J. L. (2024 [nomenclatural availability: 2023]). A global phylogeny of Elysia Risso, 1818 (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia): molecular systematic insights focusing on European taxa and description of a new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 200(3): 670-689.
status source	Ortea J., Moro L. & Bacallado J.J. (2017). Nota sobre dos especies del género Elysia Risso, 1818 (Mollusca: Sacoglossa) en las islas de Cabo Verde. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias. 29: 21-30.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Elysia gordanae T. E. Thompson & Jaklin, 1988. 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:139680