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

Pleurobranchus areolatus Mörch, 1863

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pleurobranchus*	Cuvier, 1804	accepted genus name
*Oscanius*	Leach in Gray, 1847	synonym

Literature

original description	Mörch O. A. (1863). Contributions la faune malacologique des Antilles danoises. Journal de Conchyliologie, 11: 21-43
basis of record	Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM)
additional source	Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Behrens D.W. (2004) Pacific Coast nudibranchs, Supplement II. New species to the Pacific Coast and new information on the oldies. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (4) 55(2): 11–54.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2014). Pleurobranchus areolatus Mörch, 1863. 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:181218