Peronia peronii

Peronia peronii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Systellommatophora
Family:	Onchidiidae
Genus:	Peronia
Species:	P. peronii
Binomial name
	Peronia peronii; (Cuvier, 1804)
Synonyms
	Onchidium melanopneumon Bergh, 1884; Onchidium peronii Cuvier, 1804; Onchidium tonganum Quoy & Gaimard, 1832; Peronia corpulenta Gould, 1852; Peronia mauritiana Blainville, 1824;

Last updated October 11, 2025

Peronia peronii, also called Scaphis punctata, is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae.^[1]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and Mozambique.

References

1 2 Peronia peronii (Cuvier, 1804) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 September 2010.

Dayrat, B. (2009) Review of the current knowledge of the systematics of Onchidiidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) with a checklist of nominal species. Zootaxa 2068: 1–26

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Peronia peronii (Cuvier, 1804) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 September 2010.

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