Pleurobranchaeidae

Pleurobranchaeidae
A mating pair of Euselenops luniceps
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Pleurobranchida
Family:	Pleurobranchaeidae Pilsbry, 1896

The Pleurobranchaeidae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Pleurobranchomorpha. ^[1]

Genera

• Euselenops Pilsbry, 1896
• Pleurobranchaea Leue, 1813
• Pleurobranchella Thiele, 1925

Genera brought into synonymy

• GigantonotumLin & Tchang, 1965: synonym of PleurobranchellaThiele, 1925
• KoonsiaVerrill, 1882: synonym of PleurobranchaeaLeue, 1813
• MacfarlandaeaEv. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984: synonym of PleurobranchaeaLeue, 1813
• NedaH. Adams & A. Adams, 1854: synonym of EuselenopsPilsbry, 1896
• OscaniopsisBergh, 1897: synonym of EuselenopsPilsbry, 1896
• PleurobranchidiumLeue, 1813: synonym of PleurobranchaeaLeue, 1813
• PleurobranchillusBergh, 1892: synonym of PleurobranchaeaLeue, 1813
• PleurobranchoidesO'Donoghue, 1929: synonym of PleurobranchellaThiele, 1925

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Pleurobranchaeidae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=412554 on 2015-10-19

• Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397 ISBN   3-925919-72-4