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

Pleurobranchus membranaceus (Montagu, 1815)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Gymnotoplax barashi*	Marcus Ev., 1977	synonym
*Lamellaria membranacea*	Montagu, 1815	synonym
*Pleurobranchus contarinii*	Vérany, 1846	synonym
*Pleurobranchus dehaanii*	Cantraine, 1841	synonym
*Pleurobranchus denotarisi*	Vérany, 1846	synonym
*Pleurobranchus lesueur*	de Blainville, 1827	synonym
*Pleurobranchus tuberculatus*	Meckel, 1808	synonym

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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications)
GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Pleurobranchus membranaceus (Montagu, 1815). 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:140820