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 papillosa A. E. Verrill, 1901

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

Literature

original description	Verrill, A. E. (1901). Additions to the fauna of the Bermudas from the Yale expedition of 1901, with notes on other species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 11: 15-62, 9 plates.
basis of record	Krug P.J., Vendetti J.E. & Valdés Á. (2016). Molecular and morphological systematics of Elysia Risso, 1818 (Heterobranchia: Sacoglossa) from the Caribbean region. Zootaxa. 4148(1): 1-137.
additional source	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Ortea J., Caballer M., Moro L. & Espinosa J. 2005. Elysia papillosa Verrill, 1901, Elysia patina Marcus, 1980 (Mollusca. Sacoglossa. Elysidae) dos nombres para cuatro especies. Vieraea, 33: 495-514
additional source	Marcus, Ev. (1980). Review of Western Atlantic Elysiidae (Opisthobranchia Ascoglossa) with a description of a new Elysia species. Bulletin of Marine Science. 30 (1): 54-79.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Elysia papillosa A. E. Verrill, 1901. 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:181213