Pleurobranchaeidae

Pleurobranchaeidae
A mating pair of Euselenops luniceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Pleurobranchida
Superfamily:	Pleurobranchoidea
Family:	Pleurobranchaeidae Pilsbry, 1896
Type genus
Pleurobranchaea Leue, 1813
Genera
See text

The Pleurobranchaeidae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs, in the clade Pleurobranchomorpha. ^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy

The following genera and respective species are recognised in the family Pleurobranchaeidae: ^[3]

• Euselenops Pilsbry, 1896
  • Euselenops luniceps (Cuvier, 1816)
  • Euselenops winckworthi Satyamurti, 1946

• Pleurobranchaea Leue, 1813
  • Pleurobranchaea agassizii Bergh, 1897
  • Pleurobranchaea augusta Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984
  • Pleurobranchaea britannica Turani, Carmona, Barry, Close, Bullimore & Cervera, 2024
  • Pleurobranchaea brockii Bergh, 1897
  • Pleurobranchaea bubala Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984
  • Pleurobranchaea californica MacFarland, 1966
  • Pleurobranchaea catherinae Dayrat, 2001
  • Pleurobranchaea gela Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1966
  • Pleurobranchaea inconspicua Bergh, 1897
  • Pleurobranchaea japonica Thiele, 1925
  • Pleurobranchaea maculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
  • Pleurobranchaea meckeli (Blainville, 1825)
  • Pleurobranchaea morosa (Bergh, 1892)
  • Pleurobranchaea obesa (A. E. Verrill, 1882)
  • Pleurobranchaea spiroporphyra Alvim, Simone & Pimenta, 2014
  • Pleurobranchaea tarda A. E. Verrill, 1880

• Pleurobranchella Thiele, 1925
  • Pleurobranchella nicobarica Thiele, 1925

References

1. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P.; Frýda, J.; Hausdorf, B.; Ponder, W.; Valdes, A.; Warén, A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
2. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Hausdorf, Bernhard; Kaim, Andrzej; Kano, Yasunori; Nützel, Alexander; Parkhaev, Pavel; Schrödl, Michael; Strong, Ellen E. (December 2017). "Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification of Gastropod and Monoplacophoran Families" . Malacologia. 61 (1–2): 1–526. doi:10.4002/040.061.0201. ISSN   0076-2997.
3. WoRMS. "Pleurobranchaeidae Pilsbry, 1896". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2025-11-09.