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

Pleurobranchaea meckeli (Blainville, 1825)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pleurobranchaea*	Leue, 1813	accepted genus name
*Pleurobranchidium*	Leue, 1813	synonym

Species group names

*Pleurobranchidium meckeli*	Blainville, 1825	basionym
*Pleurobranchaea dellechiaii*	Vérany, 1846	synonym
*Pleurobranchaea notmec*	Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984	synonym
*Pleurobranchaea vayssierei*	Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984	synonym
*Pleurobranchidium meckeli*	Blainville, 1825	synonym

Literature

original description	Blainville H. M. (D. de) (1825-1827). Manuel de Malacologie et de Conchyliologie. Paris, Levrault : 1-647 [1825], 649-664 + 109 pl. [1827]
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

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Pleurobranchaea meckeli. 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:140818